Table 2.

Primer sequences used for qPCR.

Gene	Sense Primer	Antisense Primer
ABCG2 [GenBank:NM_004827]	CACAAGGAAACACCAATGGCT	ACAGCTCCTTCAGTAAATGCCTTC
BMI-1 [GenBank:NM_005180]	AAATGCATCGAACGAGAATC	AATGAACCCTCCACAAAGCA
PECAM1 (CD31) [GenBank:BC051822]	GAGCACAGTGGCAACTACACG	GACCACGATGCTGCTGAC
PROM1 (CD133) [GenBank:NM_006017]	CATGTTTGGAGGATCTTGCTAGC	TTCCCGCACAGCCCC
NES [GenBank:BC108285]	CATTGTCCCCGTCGGTCTC	GAGGATGGACAGACGCGGC
RPL13a [GenBank:BC014167]	CCGAGAAGAACGTGGAGAAG	CTTTCAAGCAACTTCCGGAG
TERT [GenBank:NM_003219]	ACCGTCTGCAGGAGATC	GACCTGAGCTCGACGAC