Gene Accession numbera Primer sequence (5’→3’; forward, reverse) Size (bp) Adiponectin 18S β-actin AY-523637 AF-173612 L08165 GCCAGGTCTACAAGGTGTCA CCATGTGTCCTGGAAATCCT ACGAGACTCTGGCATGCTAACTAGT GCCACTTGTCCCTCTAAGAAGTTG CTGGCACCTAGCACAATGAA CTGCTTGCTGATCCACATCT 86 74 123 aAccession number refer to Genbank (NCBI).

Table 1: Oligonucleotide QPCR primers.