Table I.

Primers and probes used for qRT-PCR

Gene Name		Primer Sequence
IL-17A	Forward	5′-CCGCAATGAAGACCCTGATAG-3′
	Reverse	5′-GCTTTCCCTCCGCATTGA-3′
	Probe	5′-GGGAAGCTCAGTGCCGCCAG-3′
Hes1	Forward	5′-GGCCTCTGAGCACAGAAAGT-3′
	Reverse	5′-GCCGGGAGCTATCTTTCTTA-3′
	Probe	5′-TTGCCCTTCGCCTCTTCTCCA-3′
Hes5	Forward	5′GCAGCATAGAGCAGCTGAAG-3′
	Reverse	5′-GAAGGCTTTGCTGTGTTTCA-3′
	Probe	5′-CGCGAACTCCTGCTCCAGCA-3′
Hey1	Forward	5′-TGCAGGAGGGAAAGGTTATT-3′
	Reverse	5′-GAGGCATCGAGTCCTTCAAT-3′
	Probe	5′-AATGCCTGGCCGAAGTTGCC-3′
Notch1	Forward	5′-CCAGGAAACAACTGCAAGAA-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGTACTGACCCGTCCACTCC-3′
	Probe	5′-CCTACAATTGCCGCTGCCCA-3′
Notch2	Forward	5′-TGAGAGCTTCAGCTGCTTGT-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGTGTTGTGGCAGACACCAT-3′
	Probe	5′-TTTACCTTGCCAGCCAGGAGCA-3′
DLL1	Forward	5′-CTGGCCAGGTACCTTCTCTC-3′
	Reverse	5′-CCATTCTTCTCCCACAGTGA-3′
	Probe	5′-CCGCCTGACCACACAGAGGC-3′
DLL4	Forward	5′-CGTCGTCAGGGACAAGAATA-3′
	Reverse	5′-GAGTTTCCTGGCGAAGTCTC-3′
	Probe	5′-CCTGGCCGGGAACCTTCTCA-3′
Jagged1	Forward	5′-GACTCATCAGCCCTGTCTCA-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGCATGCTCAGCAATTTCAC-3′
	Probe	5′-CCCGAGTAGCCCTCTGGGCA-3′
Jagged2	Forward	5′-CAATCCCTGTGTGAATGGAG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TGGTGTTATGTGTGCAGGTG-3′
	Probe	5′-TTCTCCTGCATCTGCCGGGA-3′