Table 1.

Real-time PCR primers used in this study

Gene product	Name	Primer sequences	GenBank accession no.
Vascular endothelial growth factor A	VEGF A	5′-TGCAGATTATGCGGATCAAACC-3′	AF022375
		5′-TGCATTCACATTTGTTGTGCTGTAG-3′
Angiopoietin-like 4	ANGLT4	5′-AGACACAACTCAAGGCTCAG-3′	NM_139314
		5′-CTCATGGTCTAGGTGCTTGTG-3′
egl nine homolog 3 (Caenorhabditis elegans)	EGLN3	5′-ATTCATAGCAGATGTGGAGCC-3′	NM_022073
		5′-TCAGCATCAAAGTACCAGACAG-3′
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase	GAPDH	5′-GGAAGCTCACTGGCATGGC-3′	NM_001256799
		5′-TAGACGGCAGGTCAGGTCCA-3′