Table 1

Nucleotide sequences of primers used in the PCR reactions

GeneForward PrimerReverse PrimerAmplicon Size
UGT1A1 5′ TTTTGTCTGGCTGTTCCCACT 5′ GAAGGTCATGTGATCTGAATGAGA 251
UGT1A3 5′ ATGTGCTGGGCCACACTCAACT 5′ TCATTATG(C)AGTAGCTCCACACAA 130
UGT1A4 5′ ACGCTGGGCTACACTCAAGG 5′ TCATTATGCAGTAGCTCCACACAA 128
UGT1A6 5′ CTTTTCACAGACCCAGCCTTAC 5′ TATCCACATCTCTCTTGAGGACAG 289
UGT1A9 5′ GAGGAACATTTATTATGCCACCG 5′ GCAACAACCAAATTGATGTGTG 118
UGT2B4 5′ TCTACTCTTAAATTTGAAGTTTATCCTGT 5′ TC(A)GCCAGCAGCTCACCA(C)AGGG 278
UGT2B7 5′ AGTTGGAGAATTTCATCATGCAACAGA 5′ TCAGCCAGCAGCTCAC(C)ACAGGG 232
UGT2B10 5′ TGACATCGTTTTTGCAGATGCTTA 5′ CAGGTAC(A)TAGGAAGGAGGGAA 152
UGT2B11 5′ CTTCCATTCTTTTTGATCCCAATGATG 5′ (T)CAGCCAGCAGCTCACCACAGGG 307
UGT2B15 5′ GTGTTGGGAATATTATGACTACAGTAAC 5′ TCAGCCAG(C)AGCTCACCACAGGG 141
UGT2B17 5′ GTGTTGGGAATATTCTGACTATAATATA 5′ CAGGTACATAGGAAGGAGGGAA 242
UGT 1A All 5′ CGAATCTTGCGAACAACACGAT 5′ TTCAGGGTCACTCCAGCTCC 214
UGT 2B All 5′ AAGTTCTAGGAAGACCCACTAC 5′ CACCACAACACCATTTTCTCCA 205
CYP1A2 5′ GCCTCGTGAAGAACACTCATG 5′ CAGGAACCACAGGAACCTCT 140
18S RNA 5′ CGATGCTCTTAGCTGAGTGT 5′ GGTCCAAGAATTTCACCTCT 214
TGF-β 5′ CTGGACACCAACTATTGCTTCA 5′ AGGGCCAGGACCTTGCTGTA 188
IL-1β 5′ ACGATCACTGAACTGCACGCT 5′ ACACGCAGGACAGGTACAGAT 209

Nucleotides in brackets indicate a mismatch to the gene sequence when downstream primers were shared in PCR.