“…After extraction of total RNA from HGF, cDNAs were synthesized from 2 gg of total RNA with RAV2 reversetranscriptase and oligo(dT)primers (Takara Co., Shiga, Japan), as previously described (Kimmel and Berger, 1987). The specific primer pairs for human EP1, EP2, EP3, EP4, and B-actin were selected, according to the cDNA sequences reported by Funk et al (1993), Regan et al (1994), Adam et al (1994), Bastien et al (1994), and Ponte et al (1984), respectively. The primers are: EP1 sense primer, 5 '-TCTACCTCCCTGCAGCGGCCACTG-3', antisense primer, 5'-GAAGTGGCTGAGGCCGCTGTGC-CGGGA-3'; EP2 sense primer, 5'-TTCATCCGGCACGGGC-GGACCGC-3', antisense primer, 5 '-GTCAGCCTGTTTACTG-GCATCTG-3'; EP3 sense primer, 5'-GAGCACTGCAAGACA-CACACGGAG-3', antisense primer, 5'-GATCTCCCATGGG-TATTACTGACAA-3'; EP4 sense primer, 5'-CCTCCTGAGAA-AGACAGTGTC-3', antisense primer, 5'-AGGACTCAGA-GAGTGTCTT-3'; and B-actin sense primer, 5'-GTGGGCA-TGGGTCATCAGAAGGAT-3 ', antisense primer, 5'-CTCCT-TAATGTCACGCACGATTTC-3'.…”