Table 1. Primers used for expression of apoptotic, anti-apoptotic and antioxidant genes and their expected product size.

Genes	Primers	Product size
Bcl-2	F 5′-ACTTTGCAGAGATGTCCAGTCAG-3′R 5′-GTTCAGGTACTCAGTCATCCACAG-3′	458
Bax	F 5′-GGAGGAAGTCCAGTGTCCAG-3′R 5′-TGCAGAGGATGATTGCTGAC-3′	172
GPx	F 5′-CAGTTCGGACATCAGGAGAAT-3′R 5′-AGAGCGGGTGAGCCTTCT-3′	290
GR	F 5′-GGGCAAAGAAAGATTCCAGGTT-3′R 5′-GGAGGCTTCATCTTCAGTGA-3′	252
MnSOD	F 5′-CGTGCTCCCACACATCAATC-3′R 5′-TGAACGTCACCGAGGAGAGA-3′	240
CuSOD	F 5′-CGTCATTCACTTCGAGCAGA-3′R 5′-CACCTTTGCCCAAGTCATCT-3′	438
Caspase-3	F 5′- GAACGAACGGACCTGTGGACCT-3′R 5′-GCCTCCACTGGTATCTTCTGGCAT-3′	187
Caspase-9	F 5′-TGAGCCAGATGCTGTCCCATACCAG-3′R 5′-CCTGGGAAGGTGGAGTAGGACAC-3′	114
GAPDH	F 5′-GGCCAAGATCATCCATGACAACT-3′R 5′-ACCAGGACTGAGCTTGACAAAGT-3′	462