Table 1. Characteristics of the different selected housekeeping genes.

Gene name	Abbreviation	Function	Accession IDs	5′-Primers-3′ (forward/reverse)	Size (bp)
ATP synthase, H+ transporting, mitochondrial F0 complex, subunit C3 (subunit 9)	ATP5G3	Oxydative phosphorylation	NM_001002258.4	GGATTTGCCTTGTCTGAAGC CGTACATTCCCATGACACCA	188
β-2-Microglobulin	B2M	β-Chain of major histocompatibility complex class 1 molecules	NM_004048	CTCACGTCATCCAGCAGAGA TCTTTTTCAGTGGGGGTGAA	198
β-Actin	ACTB	Cytoskeletal structural protein	NM_001101	GGGGTGTTGAAGGTCTCAAA GGCATCCTCACCCTGAAGTA	183
β-Glucuronidase	GUSB	Exoglycosidase in lysosomes	NM_000181	CTGTACACGACACCCACCAC ATTCGCCACGACTTTGTT	208
Cyclophilin A	PPIA	Serine–threonine phosphatase inhibitor	NM_021130	ACCGTGTTCTTCGACATTGC GGCATGAATATTGTGGAGGC	410
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase	GAPDH	Glycolysis enzyme	NM_002046	GAGTCCACTGGCGTCTTCAC GGTGCTAAGCAGTTGGTGGT	177
Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1	HPRT1	Hydrolase in carbohydrate metabolism	NM_000194	TGCTCGAGATGTGATGAAGG TCCCCTGTTGACTGGTCATT	181
Phosphoglycerate kinase 1	PGK1	Glycolysis enzyme	L00159	GAAGTGGAGAAAGCCTGTGC CTCTGTGAGCAGTGCCAAAA	159
TATA-box-binding protein	TBP	General RNA polymerase II transcription factor	M55654	TGCCTCCAGAATATGCCTCT CAATGGTTTTCAAGCTTTCCA	203
Transferrin receptor (p90, CD71)	TFRC	Cellular iron uptake	X01060	GGAGAATCCTGGGGGTTATG GCTTTCAGCATTTGCAACCT	202

For each gene, both forward and reverse primers sequences are given with the expected PCR amplimer size.