Table 1.

Sequence information for nine selected candidate reference genes.

gene	Sequence (5′ → 3′	Amplification efficiency
miR-101	TACAGTACTGTGATAACTGAG	0.997
mi-23a	CATCACATTGCCAGGGATTTC	0.995
miR-26a	CGTTCAGTATCCAGGATAGGCT	0.999
miR-146a	CGTGAGACTGATTCCATAGATG	0.998
let-7a	CGGTGAGGTAGTAGGTTGTATAGTT	0.990
miR-451	AAACCGTTACCATTACTGAGTT	0.992
18S	GGACACGGAAAGGATTGACAG	0.998
	CGGAGTCTCGTTCGTTATCGGC
5S	GCGTAGAGGAAGCACACCAAT	0.999
	TTCCGCAGGAGGTCCCCTACAG
u6	ACAGAGAAGATTAGCATGGCC	0.990
	GACCAATTCTCGATTTGTGCG