Table 3.

Sequences of the PCR primers used, PCR product length, and reference source

Gene	NIH GenBank accession No.	Product length (bp)	Primer sequence, 5′–3′
Haptoglobin	NM005143	338	F = CCTGAATGTGAAGCAGTATGTa R = TTCTGTTTGAGTTTGATGAGCa
β-Actin	AY141970	226	F = CGTGGGCCGCCCTAGGCACCA R = GGGGGCCTCGGTCAGCAGCAC
Proprotein convertase subtilisin	NM001190482	109	F = CCTGGAAGAGAGGCTACACG R = CAACTTGCCAGAGCATCGTA
Furin	XM003919409	112	F = GTACAGTGGCTGGAACAGCA R = GCTGAGTGACACCAGACAGG
Albumin	M12523	230	F = GTAATCGGTTGGCAGCCAATG R = CACTCTTGTGTGCATCTCG

F, forward; R, reverse.

^aNucleotide primer sequence.