Table 1.

Primers sequences, size of the amplification product, and NCBI reference sequence.

Gene	Sequence		AMPL. size	NCBI ref. seq.
GAPDH	Fw:	5′- GGAGCGAGATCCCTCCAAAAT -3′	197 bp	NM_001256799
	Rev:	5′- GGCTGTTGTCATACTTCTCATGG -3′
VEGF	Fw:	5′- AGGGCAGAATCATCACGAAGT -3′	75 bp	NM_001171627
	Rev:	5′- AGGGTCTCGATTGGATGGCA -3′
Bcl-2	Fw:	5′- GGTGGGGTCATGTGTGTGG-3′	89 bp	NM_000657
	Rev:	5′- CGGTTCAGGTACTCAGTCATCC-3′
BAX	Fw:	5′- CCCGAGAGGTCTTTTTCCGAG-3′	155 bp	NM_138763
	Rev:	5′- CCAGCCCATGATGGTTCTGAT-3′
LC3B	Fw:	5′- GATGTCCGACTTATTCGAGAGC-3′	167 bp	NM_022818
	Rev:	5′- TTGAGCTGTAAGCGCCTTCTA-3′
Caspase 3	Fw:	5′- CATGGAAGCGAATCAATGGACT-3′	139 bp	NM_004346
	Rev:	5′- CTGTACCAGACCGAGATGTCA-3′
mTOR	Fw:	5′- ATGCTTGGAACCGGACCTG-3′	173 bp	NM_004958
	Rev:	5′- TCTTGACTCATCTCTCGGAGTT-3′
Beclin-1	Fw:	5′- CCATGCAGGTGAGCTTCGT-3′	215 bp	NM_003766
	Rev:	5′- GAATCTGCGAGAGACACCATC-3′

Fw = forward; Rev = reverse.