Hepatocyte growth factor enhances the ability of dental pulp stem cells to ameliorate atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-knockout mice

Table 1 Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction primers

Target gene	Forward sequences (5’-3’)	Reverse sequences (5’-3’)
Mouse INF-γ	ACTGGCAAAAGGATGGTG	GTTGCTGATGGCCTGATT
Mouse IL-10	AGTGGTATAGACAGGTCTGTTGG	GCAGCTCTAGGAGCATGTGG
Mouse MMP-2	CACCACCGAGGACTATGACC	TGTTGCCCAGGAAAGTGAAG
Mouse MMP-9	ACAAGACCCTCAGGCCGTAA	TAGCGGTACAAGTATGCCTGG
Mouse IL-6	ACAGAAGGAGTGGCTAAGGA	AGGCATAACGCACTAGGTTT
Mouse IL-1β	AGTTGACGGACCCCAAA	TCTTGTTGATGTGCTGCTG
Mouse COX-2	AATGCTGACTATGGCTACAAAA	AAAACTGATGCGTGAAGTGCTG
Mouse TNF-α	CATCTTCTCAAAATTCGAGTGACAA	TGGGAGTAGACAAGGTACAACCC
Mouse Arg1	CTCCAAGCCAAAGTCCTTAGAG	AGGAGCTGTCATTAGGGACATC
Mouse Arg2	CTGAAGTGGTTAGTAGAGCTGTG	GGGCGTGACCGATAATGGT
Mouse β-Actin	AGGCCAACCGTGAAAAGATG	TGGCGTGAGGGAGAGCATAG
Mouse GAPDH	GGCAAAGTGGAGATTGTTGC	AATTTGCCGTGAGTGGAGTC
Human ICAM-1	AAAGGAGTTGCTCCTGCCTG	AGTCCAGTACACGGTGAGGA
Human MCP-1	CAGCCAGATGCAATCAATGCC	TGGAATCCTGAACCCACTTCT
Human VCAM-1	CAGCACCACAGGCTCTTTTC	TTGACTGTGATCGGCTTCCC
Human E-selectin	AAGGCTTCATGTTGCAGGGA	ATTCATGTAGCCTCGCTCGG
Human GAPDH	GTTGCAACCGGGAAGGAAATG	GGAGAAATCGGGCCAGCTA

INF-γ: Interferon-γ; IL-10: Interleukin-10; MMP-2: Metallopeptidase-2; MMP-9: Metallopeptidase-9; IL-6: Interleukin-6; IL-1β: Interleukin-1β; COX-2: Cyclooxygenase-2; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; Arg1: Arginase 1; Arg2: Arginase 2; ICAM-1: Intercellular adhesion molecule-1; MCP-1: Monocyte chemotactic protein-1; VCAM-1: Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.