Table 1.

Sequence of primers used in this study.

miRNAs/Genes	Sequence Information		Purpose	Fragment Length and Annealing Temperature
	Forward (5′–3′)	Reverse (5′–3″)
miR-21	CGCGTAGCTTATCAGACTGATGTTGAC	mRQ 3′ primer	RT-qPCR	60 °C
PDCD4	GATGATGACCAGGAGAAC	TCCAACGCTAAGGACACT		200 bp, 58 °C
18sRNA	GTGGTGTTGAGGAAAGCAGACA	TGATCACACGTTCCACCTCATC		79 bp, 60 °C
U6	ACGGACAGGATTGACAGATT	TCGCTCCACCAACTAAGAA		80 bp, 58 °C
GAPDH	ATCTCGCTCCTGGAAGATG	TCGGAGTGAACGGATTCG		173 bp, 58 °C
PDCD4 (WT)	CCGctcgagAGGGTGTAAAGGAGGGAC	ATTTgcggccgcGAAAGGAGTGGCAGTCAG	Construction of dual luciferase reporter vectors	356 bp, 60 °C
PDCD4 (Mut)	TTCTCtattcgaACCTTTTGTAAGTGCCATGTTTATG	AAGGTtcgaataGAGAATATCCCACTTAAGAAGTGGTTAC		368 bp, 60 °C