Interaction between cyclooxygenase-2, Snail, and E-cadherin in gastric cancer cells

Table 1 Sequences of the specific siRNA against cyclooxygenase-2 and nuclear factor-κB p65 used in the study

siRNA against	Forward	Reverse
COX-2	AAUAGGAGAGGUUAGAGAAGGCUUC	GAAGSCUUCUCUAACCUCUCCUAUU
NF-κB p65	UCACUAGGCGAGUUAUAGSCUCAGG	CCUGAGGCUAUAACUCGCCUAGUGA

COX-2: Cyclooxygenase-2; NF-κB: Nuclear factor-κB.

Table 2 The sequences of the primers used in this study

Primers	Sense primer	Antisense primer
COX-2	5'-GCCTGAATGTGCCATAAGACTGAC-3'	5'-AAACCCACAGTGCTTGACACAGA-3'
E-cadherin	5'-TACACTGCCCAGGAGSCAGA-3’	5'-TGGCACCAGTGTCCGGATTA-3’
Snail	5'-GACCACTATGCCGCGCTCTT-3’	5'-TCGCTGTAGTTAGGCTTCCGATT-3’
NF-κB p65	5'-TCAGTCAGSGCATCCAGACC-3’	5'-CAGAGSCGCACAGSATTCA-3’
β-actin	5'-TGGCACCCAGSACAATGAA-3'	5'-CTAAGTCATAGTCCGCCTAGAAGSA-3'

COX-2: Cyclooxygenase-2; NF-κB: Nuclear factor-κB.