Table 1.

The gene and sequence of forward (F) and reverse (R) primers used in the real-time PCR reactions

Gene	Primer	References or no of NCBI
GAPDH	F:5′ACAAGATTGTGAAGG TCG GTG TCA 3′ R:5′AGCTTCCCATTCTCAGCCTTGACT 3′	Sugaya et al. (2005) (with modification)
CASP8	F:5′ GCAAAAGCACGGGAGAAAGT 3′ R:5′ TGCATCCAAGTGTGTTCCATT3′	Castaneda and Rosin-Steiner (2006)
CASP9	F:5′ GCTCTTCCTTTGTTCATCTCC 3′ R:5′ GTTTTCTAGGGTTGGCTTCG 3′	Chen et al. (2009)
BIRC5	F:5′ AGCCCTTTCTCAAGGACCAC 3′ R:5′ TGGCTCGTTCTCAGTGGGGCAGT 3′	Zhang et at. (2001) (with modification)
BCL-XL	F:5′ TGGGCTCACTCTTCAGTCGGAAAT 3′ R:5′ ATGTAG TGGTTCTCCTGGTGGCAA 3′	NCBI ID: NM_138578.1 (designera)

^aSequence of forward and reverse primers was designed according to IDT software http://www.idtdna.com/Scitools/Applications/Primerquest