Table 1. The primers used for qRT- PCR.

Items	Sense (5’—to- 3’)	Antisense (5’—to- 3’)
Bax	CCTGCTTCTTTCTTCATCGG	AGGTGCCTGGACTCTTGGGT
Bcl-2	GGCTGGGATGCTTTGTG	GAGCAGTGCCTTCAGAGACAGC
Caspase-3	GCAGCAAACCTCAGGGAAAC	GGTTTCCCTGAGGTTTGCTG
Caspase-8	AAGAACGAGCCTCAGTAATC	GGATTACTGAGGCTCGTTCT
Caspase-9	GAAGACCAGCAGACAAGC	TGAATCCTCCAGAACCAA
β-actin	CCTGCTTCTTTCTTCATCGG	AGGTGCCTGGACTCTTGGGT