Table 1. TaqMan® Gene Expression Assays (Life Technologies) used for quantitative RT-PCR.
| Gene | Taqman assay ID |
|---|---|
| Surfactant-associated protein C - SftpC | Mm00488144_m1 |
| Surfactant-associated protein B - SftpB | Mm00455681_m1 |
| Elastin - Eln | Mm00514670_m1 |
| Mammalian target of rapamycin - Mtor | Mm0044968_m1 |
| Hypoxia inducible factor 1, alpha - Hif1a | Mm00468869_m1 |
| Insulin-like growth factor 1 - Igf1 | Mm00439560_m1 |
| Vascular endothelial growth factor - Vegf | Mm01281449_m1 |
| Transforming growth factor, beta 1 - Tgfb1 | Mm01178820_m1 |
| Transforming growth factor, beta 2 - Tgfb2 | Mm00436955_m1 |
| Transforming growth factor, beta 3 - Tgfb3 | Mm00436960_m1 |
| Retinoic acid receptor, alpha - Rara | Mm01296312_m1 |
| Retinoic acid receptor, beta - Rarb | Mm01319677_m1 |
| Retinoic acid receptor, gamma - Rarg | Mm00441091_m1 |
| Retinol binding protein 1 - Rbp1 | Mm00441119_m1 |
| Cellular retinoic acid binding protein 1 - Crabp1 | Mm00442776_m1 |
| Actin, beta - ActB * | Mm00607939_s1 |
*
endogenous control.