Table 3. provides the list of ion transporters and the primer sequences for quantitative RT–PCR.

Ion transporter	Sequence	Product size (b.p)
Na/K/ATPase	F - 5′- ATGTGCCCAGTGAACCGAAA −3′ R - 5′- TGAACGGGAAGGACATTTGG - 3′	253
NHE1	F – 5′- GACTACACACACGTGCGCACCCC-3′ R – 5′ – TCCAGGATGATGGGCGGCAGCAGGAAGAGGAA – 3′	233
pNBC	F – 5′-CCAAGAAATCCAACCTTCGG-3′ R- 5′-GTCATTCAGACTGGAGGAAG-3′	134
MCT1	F-5′-TGACCATTGTGGAATGCTGT-3′ R: 5′-TTTCTGGTCCGGAGATTCTG-3′	281
MCT2	F: 5′- TGAAACTCTCATGGACCTCGT-3′ R: 5′- ACACGCTTGCTGCTACCAC-3′	182
MCT4	F: 5′-AAACCCTCCTGCCTCCACCAGA-3′ R: 5′-TGACGAAACAGCCGAAGAGCACG-3′	145
SLC4A11	F: 5′-TGCTCTATGGCCTCTTCCTC-3′ R: 5′-CCCTCCGGATGTAGTGTGTC-3′	123
β-actin	F: 5′-GCAAAGACCTGTACGCCAAC-3′ R: 5′-AGTACTTGCGCTCAGGAGGA-3′	144