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.