Table 1.

Primer sets used in quantitative RT-PCR

Name	Forward
ESR1
all variants	F: 5′-TGTGCAATGACTATGCTTCA-3′
variant1 (transcribed from uExon-A)	F: 5′-CTCGGGCTGTGCTCTTTTT-3′
variant2 (transcribed from uExon-B)	F: 5’-GCCGTGAAACTCAGCCTCTA-3′
variant3 (transcribed from uExon-C)	F: 5′-TGGAACATTTCTGGAAAGACG-3′
ESR2
variant-a/variant-b	F: 5′ -CTCGCTTTCCTCAACAGGTG- 3′
PGR
variant1/variant2	F: 5′ -ACCAGCTCTTGGTGCCTGT- 3′
variant2	F: 5′ -TCCCTCTGCCCCTATATTCC- 3′
GAPDH	F: 5′-AGGTGAAGGTCGGAGTCA-3′