Table 1

Primers and probes for real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

Gene	Primers and probes	Sequence	Product size bp	Genbank
Muc5ac	Forward	5′‐CTGCCACATGTTGGACTTGG‐3′	102	U83139
	Reverse	5′‐TTGGTATGGCTTCTCGAGGG‐3′
	TaqMan probe	5′‐CATCACTATGTGCAGCCCAAGGCG‐3′
GAPDH	Forward	5′‐CCTGGAGAAACCTGCCAAGTATG‐3′	103	NM017008
	Reverse	5′‐ACAACCTGGTCCTCAGTGTAGCC‐3′
	TaqMan probe	5′‐CAAGAAGGTGGTGAAGCAGGCGGC‐3′

bp: base pairs
GADPH: glyceraldehyde 3‐phosphate dehydrogenase