Table I.

Primers used for reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction in the present study.

Gene	Primer sequences (5′-3′)
lncRNA	F: 5′-GGCTCTTCCCTAATGTGTGG-3′
HOXD-AS1	R: 5′-CAGGTCCAGCATGAAACAGA-3′
N-cadherin	F: 5′-GGTGGAGGAGAAGAAGACCAG-3′
	R: 5′-GGCATCAGGCTCCACAGTG-3′
Vimentin	F: 5′-GAGAACTTTGCCGTTGAAGC-3′
	R: 5′-GCTTCCTGTAGGTGGCAATC-3′
Snail	F: 5′-CCTCCCTGTCAGATGAGGAC-3′
	R: 5′-CCAGGCTGAGGTATTCCTTG-3′
Slug	F: 5′-GGGGAGAAGCCTTTTTCTTG-3′
	R: 5′-TCCTCATGTTTGTGCAGGAG-3′
E-cadherin	F: 5′-TGCCCAGAAAATGAAAAAGG-3′
	R: 5′-GTGTATGTGGCAATGCGTTC-3′
α-catenin	F: 5′-AGCGAATTGTGGCAGAGTGT-3′
	R: 5′-GTCTACGCAAGTCCCTGGTC-3′
β-catenin	F: 5′-ACAACTGTTTTGAAAATCCA-3′
	R: 5′-CGAGTCATTGCATACTGTCC-3′
CD44	F: 5′-TTGCAGTCAACAGTCGAAGAAG-3′
	R: 5′-CCTTGTTCACCAAATGCACCA-3′
Oct4	F: 5′-CTTGCTGCAGAAGTGGGTGGAGGAA-3′
	R: 5′-CTGCAGTGTGGGTTTCGGGCA-3′
CD133	F: 5′-TGGATGCAGAACTTGACAACGT-3′
	R: 5′-ATACCTGCTACGACAGTCGTGGT-3′
CD24	F: 5′-TGAAGAACATGTGAGAGGTTTGAC-3′
	R: 5′-GAAAACTGAATCTCCATTCCACAA-3′
CD166	F: 5′-TCCTGCCGTCTGCTCTTCT-3′
	R: 5′-TTCTGAGGTACGTCAAGTCGG-3′
Lgr5	F: 5′-TATCTGGCTCCGAGTGCTTGCC-3′
	R: 5′-ATCATAGCCAGAGATGGATACC-3′
Sox2	F: 5′-GCCGATGTGAAACTTTTGTCG-3′
	R: 5′-GGCAGCGTGACTTATCCTTCT-3
Nanog	F: 5′-AATACCTCAGCCTCCAGCAGATG-3′
	R: 5′-TGCGTCACACCATTGCTATTCTTC-3′
GAPDH	F: 5′-TGCACCACCAACTGCTTAGC-3′
	R: 5′-GGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGAG-3′
U6	F: 5′-CTCGCTTCGGCA GCACA-3′
	R: 5′-AACGCTTCACGAATT TGCGT-3′
miR-217	F: 5′-TACTCAACTCACTACTGCATCAGGA-3′
	R: 5′-TATGGTTGTTCTGCTCTCTGTGTC-3′

CD, cluster of differentiation; HOXD-AS1, HOXD cluster antisense RNA 1; Lgr5, leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5; lncRNA, long non-coding RNA; miR-217, microRNA-217; Oct4, octamer-binding transcription factor 4; Sox2, sex determining region Y-box 2. F, forward; R, reverse.