Table 1.

Primers used in this study

Primers	Sequence	Amplicon size (bp)
Tel rat-f	5′-GGT TTT TGA GGG TGA GGG TGA GGG TGA GGG TGA GGG T-3′.
Tel rat-r	5′-TCC CGA CTA TCC CTA TCC CTA TCC CTA TCC CTA TCC CTA-3′.
AT1 rat-f	5′-ACG TGT TCT CAG CAT CGA CCG CTA CC-3′.	279
AT1 rat-r	5′-AGA ATG ATA AGG AAA GGG AAC AAG AAG CCC-3′.
Tert rat-f	5′-GAC ATG GAG AAC AAG CTG TTT GC-3′.	185
Tert rat-r	5′-ACA GGG AAG TTC ACC ACT GTC-3′.
Hif1a rat-f	5′-CTA TGA CGT GCT TGG TGC TGA T-3′.	271
Hif1a rat-r	5′-CTG TAC TGT CCT GTG GTG ACT T-3′.
Epas1 rat-f	5′-TGACTTCACTCATCCTTGCGACCA-3′.	443
Epas1rat-r	5′-ATTCATAGGCAGAGCGGCCAAGTA-3′.
18S RNA rat-f	5′-AGT GAT CCC CGA GAA GTT T-3′.	135
18S RNA rat-r	5′-GCT TTC CTC AAC ACC ACA T-3′.