Table II.

Primer sequences used in the quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay.

Gene	Forward	Reverse
GRP78	5′-TGTCTTCTCAGCATCAAGCAAGG-3′	5′-CCAACACTTCCTGGACAGGCTT-3′
CHOP	5′-GGAGGTCCTGTCCTCAGATGAA-3′	5′-GCTCCTCTGTCAGCCAAGCTAG-3′
Caspase-12	5′-CAGATGAGGAACGTGTGTTGAGC-3′	5′-GGAACCAGTCTTGCCTACCTTC-3′
GAPDH	5′-ACAGCAACAGGGTGGTGAC-3′	5′-TTTGAGGGTGCAGCGAACTT-3′

GRP78, endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP; CHOP, DNA damage-inducible transcript 3 protein.