Gene Symbol Accession number Forward primer Reverse primer TFRC NM_214001 GTGACCCGTACACACCTGGAT CTGATGACTGAGAGGGTGGAAAC b-actin DQ845171 CTCCTTCCTGGGCATGGA CATGATGGAGTTGAAGGTAGTTTCG HPRT1 NM_001032376 CGGCTTGCTCGAGATGTGAT AGCACACAGAGGGCTACGATGT Caspase8 AY519263 GACTCAGAACAGACAGAAGCC TCCGCCTCGTCTGGGATAT TRAIL AY639873 CCCTCTGTGTGGCCTTGACT GGAGTACTTGTCCTGCATCTGTTTC CD105 (Endoglin) NM_214031 GCCAGTGTGATAGCATCTTTTGTAG GCTGCGGTCCTGCAGAGA CD34 NM_214086 TTGGCCAACGGAACAGAAC TCAGACTGGTGCTTTTCCAGAA SOX9 NM_213843 CCCACATTCCAAGACAGAAACA GCCACTGACTCGCCACAAG HIF1-a EF070345 CCATGCCCCAGATTCAAGAT GGTGAACTCTGTCTAGTGCTTCCA

Table 1: Real time RT-PCR primers. Transferrin receptor, β-actin, and Hypoxantine Phosphoribosyltransferase 1 are house keeping genes. Accession number refers to NCBI (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez) in the Nucleotide database.