Table I.

Sequences of primers used for real-time PCR

Primer name	Sequence (5’-3’)	Accession/location
HERV-E pol F	GTC ATT TGT ATT CTA CCG GAG	Retrosearch [12]:
HERV-E pol R	AAT ACT GCA AAG TTT GGG AC	Orf ID: 8435
		HERV ID: 1109 [13]
		Chr. Xq21.32
HERV-H (env62) F	TAT GTC ATC CTC TAC CTC TCC C	Retrosearch:
HERV-H (env62) R	CCA GCA GTT GTT CAC TAA GGA	Orf ID: 82113
		HERV ID: 10816
		Chr. 2q24.3
HERV-K env F	CAC TTG GGT TAA GAC CAT TGG A	Retrosearch:
HERV-K env R	GGA GCT GTT GAG TAC ACC TG	Orf ID: 204173
		HERV ID: 29013
		Chr. 8p23.1
HERV-K10 gag F	GTA ATG GCT CAG TCA ACG CA	GenBank:
HERV-K10 gag R	GCC CCA TTA ATT CTG GAC CT	M14123 [14]
HERV-R pol-env F	GGG CCA ATT ATG CTT ACC AA	GenBank:
HERV-R pol-env R	ATG GGC TGA TCT GGC TCT AA	M12140
		Chr. 7q11.2
HERV-W env F	TCA TAT CTA AGC CCC GCA AC	GenBank:
HERV-W env R	GAG GTT GTG ATA CCG CCA AT	AF072506
GAPDH F	CTG CAC CAC CAA CTG CTT AG	Ensembl: ENST00000229239
GAPDH R	TTC TGG GTG GCA GTG ATG