RETRACTED ARTICLE: microRNA-18a from M2 Macrophages Inhibits TGFBR3 to Promote Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Progression and Tumor Growth via TGF-β Signaling Pathway

Table 1 Primer sequence

Genes	Primer sequence (5′-3′)
CCL22	Forward: ATTACGTCCGTTACCGTCTG
CCL22	Reverse: TAGGCTCTTCATTGGCTCAG
PPAR-γ	Forward: GCCTTGCAGTGGGGATGT
PPAR-γ	Reverse: CTCGCCTTTGCTTTGGTC
miR-18a	Stem-loop primer: GTCGTATCCAGTGCAGGGTCCGAGGTATTCGCACTGGATACGACCTATCT
	Forward: GTGCTAAGGTGCATCTAGTGCAG
	Reverse: GTGCAGGGTCCGAGGT
TGFBR3	Forward: CAAAGCAGCAGAAGGGTGTGT
TGFBR3	Reverse: GGTGATTAGCTCGATGATGTGTACTT
U6	Forward: ATTGGAACGATACAGAGAAGATT
U6	Reverse: GGAACGCTTCACGAATTTG
GAPDH	Forward: GACAACAGCCTCAAGATCATCAG
GAPDH	Reverse: GTGGCAGTGATGGCATGGA

PPAR-γ peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ, miR-18a microRNA-18a, TGFBR3 transforming growth factor-beta III receptor, GAPDH glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase