Gene expression profiles in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of ulcerative colitis patients

Table 1 Subject characteristics

No.	Age (yr)	Sex	Duration (yr)	Extent	SDAI	Therapy
1	19	F	1	Proctitis	5	No therapy
2	27	F	5	Proctosigmoiditis	7	5-ASA
3	30	F	2	Proctosigmoiditis	6	No therapy
4	34	F	2	Proctosigmoiditis	7	No therapy
5	40	F	4	Left sided colitis	9	5-ASA
6	45	F	3	Left sided colitis	8	5-ASA
7	22	M	3	Proctosigmoiditis	7	5-ASA
8	33	M	7	Pancolitis	10	5-ASA
9	37	M	2	Proctosigmoiditis	8	No therapy
10	40	M	5	Pancolitis	9	5-ASA
11	48	M	6	Left sided colitis	8	5-ASA
12	60	M	12	Pancolitis	12	5-ASA

M: Male; F: Female; 5-ASA: 5-Aminosalicylic acid; SDAI: Sutherland disease activity index.

Table 2 Primers used for semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Genes	Unique ID	Forward primer sequence	Reverse primer sequence
CEACAM6	PH_hs_0020590	5’-GGGGACTTCTGTATTATGCTAAC-3’	5’-GTGGTGCTAAATGCTACATACTC-3’
ELF4	PH_hs_0009109	5’-CAGATGGGGTCTGATACTGG-3’	5’-ACGTGTGTATTGCATCATCG-3’
MEFV	PH_hs_0010414	5’-GGACATTGGAGACATCTTGC-3’	5’-CGCAGGGTTTCTGAGAAGTA-3’
APAF1	PH_hs_0024223	5’-AGAGACTGAGGCTGATGGTG-3’	5’-TTAAAGCCAGGCAGTGAATC-3’
SLC1A6	PH_hs_0032730	5’-CACCATGGTCATTGTGCTTA-3’	5’-GTGCCATGAGGGACTTGTAG-3’
KCNJ11	PH_hs_0032311	5’-AGGAGGACGGACGTTACTCT-3’	5’-GGAATCTGGAGAGATGCTGA-3’