Table 2.

Oligonucleotide sequences used for RT–PCR, and amplicon sizes

Oligonucleotide	Direction	Sequence	Product size
HIF-1α	Forward	GTC GGA CAG CCT CAC CAA ACA GAG C	486 bp and 359 bp if exon 14 missing
	Reverse	GTT AAC TTG ATC CAA AGC TCT GAG
aHIF	Forward	TTT GTG TTT GAG CAT TTT AAT AGG C	279 bp
	Reverse	CCA GGC CCC TTT GAT CAG CTT
β2-microglobulin	Forward	CAT CCA GCG TAC TCC AAA GA	165 bp
	Reverse	GAC AAG TCT GAA TGC TCC AC