Table 2.

Primers used in qPCR. * Two annealing temperatures are provided for the hTERT reverse primer since the temperature was dependent on the respective forward primer used (WT or α hTERT).

Primer	Sequence	Annealing Temperature (°C)	Ref.
hGAPDH fw	TGCACCACCAACTGCTTAGC	60	[37]
hGAPDH rev	GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGA	60	[37]
hTR fw	GCCTTCCACCGTTCATTCTA	60	[38]
hTR rev	CCTGAAAGGCCTGAACCTC	60	[38]
WT hTERT fw	TGTACTTTGTCAAGGTGGATGTG	60	[14]
α-hTERT fw	CTGAGCTGTACTTTGTCAAGGAC	53	[15]
hTERT rev	GTACGGCTGGAGGTCTGTCAA	60/53 *	[14,15]