Table 1

 Primer sequences and restriction enzymes used for restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of tumour necrosis factor A (TNF-A) and interleukin 10 (IL-10) polymorphisms. Typing of the remaining single nucleotide polymorphisms was performed by allelic discriminating TaqMan PCR, as described in materials and methods

Target sequenceSequences of primers and probesRestriction enzyme
FP, forward primer; RP, reverse primer.
TNF-A-307 FP5′- GAG GCA ATA GGT TTT GAG GGC CAT-3′ NcoI
RP5′- GGG ACA CAC AAG CAT CAA G-3′
IL-10-592 FP5′-ATC CAA GAC AAC ACT ACT AA-3′ MaeIII
RP5′-TAA ATA TCC TCA AAG TTC C-3′
IL-10-1082 FP5′- TCG CTG CAA CCC AAC TGG C-3′MnlI
RP5′- GGT CCC TTA CTT TGC TCT TAC C-3′
IL-10-819 FP5′-GAC TCC AGC CAC AGA AGC TTA C-3′ RsaI
RP5′-AGG TCT CTG GGC CTT AGT-3′