TABLE 1.

Primer sequences used for real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).

Gene	GenBank accession number	Forward primer	Reverse primer
Nrf2	NM_031789	TTG​TAG​ATG​ACC​ATG​AGT​CGC	ACT​TCC​AGG​GGC​ACT​GTC​TA
MMP-9	NM_031055.1	ACG​GCA​AGG​ATG​GTC​TAC​TG	AGT​TGC​CCC​CAG​TTA​CAG​TG
FOXO3a	NM_001106395	GTC​CCT​GAA​GGG​AAG​GAG​C	CTC​GTC​CAG​GAT​GGC​GTA​G
Apelin-13	NM_031612.3	TGG​AAG​GGA​GTA​CAG​GGA​TG	TCCTTATGCCCACT
APJ	NM_031349.2	GGA​CTC​CGA​ATT​CCC​TTC​TC	CTT​GTG​CAA​GGT​CAA​CCT​CA
β-actin	NM_031144	GGT​CGG​TGT​GAA​CGG​ATT​TGG	ATG​TAG​GCC​ATG​AGG​TCC​ACC