Gene Gene Bank Product   Forward   Reverse Accession Number (bp) VCAM-1 NM011693 75 5´ tctcccaggaatacaacgat 3´ 5´ acaggtcattgtcacagcac 3´ ICAM-1 NM010493 119 5´ aaggagatcacattcacggt 3´ 5´ gcctcggagacattagagaa 3’ E-Selectin NM011345 84 5’ ccctgcccacggtatcag 3’ 5’ ccttccacacagtcaaacgt3’ MMP-9 NM013599 128 5´ ggtggcagcgcacgagtt 3´ 5´ ggatgccgtctatgtcgtctt 3´ IL-6 NM031168 92 5´ tttcctctggtcttctggag 3´ 5´ ctgaaggactctggctttgt 3´ β-Actin X03672 141 5´ cccaggcattgctgacagg 3´ 5´ tggaaggtggacagtgaggc 3´

Table 1: Primers used in the analysis by real time RT-PCR. bp, base pair.