Table 1. Oligonucleotide primers used in this study

Primer name Sequence (5′-3′) GenBank accession no.
CC chemokine-LP CCCAGTGCTCTGCAACAGTA AU090535.2
CC chemokine-RP CGAACACCTGGAGTCAGTCA
CXC chemokine-LP TCGGCCGCTACATTAAGAGT AB070837.1
CXC chemokine-RP TTA AACGGCTCTGACCCATC
18S rRNA-LP ATGGCCGTTCTTAGTTGGTG EF126037.1
18S rRNA-RP CACACGTGATCCAGTCAGT