Table 1.

Primers for SSTR PCR

Gene	Primer (Forward/Reverse)	Product Length (bp)	GenBank Accession No.
Human
SSTR1	5′-GCAACATGCTCATGC-3′	414	NM001049
	5′-GCGTTGTCCATCCAG-3′
SSTR2	5′-AAGAGGGTCGAGGAGCCAGGAAC-3′	450	NM001050
	5′-GGCATAGCGGAGGATGACATAAA-3′
SSTR3	5′-TGGGCACCCTCGTGCCAGCGG-3′	447	NM001051
	5′-GGGCGGCCGCTCCTGCCCGC-3′
SSTR4	5′-CTGAACCTCTTCGTGACCAGCCTT-3′	278	NM001052
	5′-CTGGTTGCAGGGCTTCCTGCT-3′
SSTR5	5′-GTGCAGGAGGGCGGTACC-3′	373	NM001053
	5′-TGGACGCGGCTCCGTGGC-3′
Mouse
SSTR1	5′-CACCAGCATCTACTGTCTGACTG-3′	638	NM009216
	5′-CATAGTAGTCGACTGGTTCCTCC-3′
SSTR2	5′-CTTGGCCATGCAGGTGGCGCTAGT-3′	1081, 742	NM009217
	5′-CAATGATGTCTTCCGCTCCGGATTGT-3′
SSTR3	5′-AGTGTCTATATCCTCAACCTGGC-3′	627	NM009218
	5′-ATTGACGATGTTGAGCAGATAGA-3′
SSTR4	5′-TCGGATTATGCTACCTGCTTATT-3′	483	NM009219
	5′-AAGTAGTGGTATTGGTGAAAGGG-3′
SSTR5	5′-GGTATGCCAAGATGAAGACAGTT-3′	784	U82697
	5′-TATCCTCTACTGAGGCACAGAGC-3′

SSTR, somatostatin receptor.