Table 1.

Gene sequences used for transfection

Gene	Sequences
STAT3-siRNA	siRNA-S1-a	5’-CCG GGC TGA CCA ACA ATC CCA AGA ACT CGA GTT CTT GGG ATT GTT GGT CAG CTT TTT G-3’
	siRNA-S1-b	5’-AAT TCA AAA AGC TGA CCA ACA ATC CCA AGA ACT CGA GTT CTT GGG ATT GTT GGT CAG C-3’
	siRNA-S2-a	5’-CCG GGC ACA ATC TAC GAA GAA TCA ACT CGA GTT GAT TCT TCG TAG ATT GTG CTT TTT G-3’
	siRNA-S2-b	5’- AAT TCA AAA AGC ACA ATC TAC GAA GAA TCA ACT CGA GTT GAT TCT TCG TAG ATT GTG C-3’
	siRNA-S3-a	5’- CCG GGC TGA AAT CAT CAT GGG CTA TCT CGA GAT AGC CCA TGA TGA TTT CAG CTT TTT G-3’
	siRNA-S3-b	5’- AAT TCA AAA AGC TGA AAT CAT CAT GGG CTA TCT CGA GAT AGC CCA TGA TGA TTT CAG C-3’
VASH1-siRNA	siRNA-V1-a	5’-CCG GCT GCC AAT CAA ATG CCT GGA ACT CGA GTT CCA GGC ATT TGA TTG GCA GTT TTT G -3’
	siRNA-V1-b	5’-AAT TCA AAA ACT GCC AAT CAA ATG CCT GGA ACT CGA GTT CCA GGC ATT TGA TTG GCA G -3’
	siRNA-V2-a	5’-CCG GGA GCT GCA GTA CAA TCA CAC ACT CGA GTG TGT GAT TGT ACT GCA GCT CTT TTT G-3’
	siRNA-V2-b	5’-AAT TCA AAA AGA GCT GCA GTA CAA TCA CAC ACT CGA GTG TGT GAT TGT ACT GCA GCT C-3’
	siRNA-V3-a	5’-CCG GCA CAG GAC ATA GTG GTG CTT TCT CGA GAA AGC ACC ACT ATG TCC TGT GTT TTT G-3’
	siRNA-V3-b	5’-AAT TCA AAA ACA CAG GAC ATA GTG GTG CTT TCT CGA GAA AGC ACC ACT ATG TCC TGT G -3’

STAT3: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; VASH1: Vasohibin 1.