Table 1.

Primer and Probe Design and Accession Number in GeneBank.

Gene	Primers	Probe	GeneBank Accession #
ATG	(F) cca ttc tgc aca ccg ag (R) caa gac ctc agg ctt gtt aag	6FAM-tag act ctg tgg gct ctc tct cat ccg-BBQ	NM-000029
Renin	(F) tga cac tgg ttc gtc caa tg (R) agc tgg agg aat ccg aag c	6FAM-tgc cct cct cca agt gca gcc-BBQ	NM-000537
ACE	(F) caa ctt cga ctg gtg gta tct t (R) ctt cat gga act gga act gc	6FAM-ccc act ttg atg ctg gag cta tgt ttc-BBQ	NM-000789
AT1R	Purchased from Applied Biosystems Sequences unavailable	Assay ID: Hs00258938-1 Sequences unavailable	NM-000685
GAPDH	(F) gaa ggt gaa ggt cgg agt c (R) gaa gay ggt gat ggg att tc	6FAM-caa gct tcc cgt tct cag ct-BBQ	NM-002046