Table I.

Sequences of the oligonucleotides used in the reverse transcription-quantitative PCR assays.

Primer	Forward (5–3)	Reverse (5–3)	Length (bp) Product
HPRT	CCTGGCGTCGTGATTAGTGATGAT	CGAGCAAGACGTTCAGTCCTGTC	150
HPV16 E5	CGCTGCTTTTGTCTGTGTCT	GCGTGCATGTGTATGTATTAAAAA	146
ST3GAL3	CATGTGAAGATGGGACTCTTGG	CCTCCCACTGGAGTAAGTGTAG	118
ST6GAL1	TATCGTAAGCTGCACCCCAATC	TTAGCAGTGAATGGTCCGGAAG	372

HPRT, hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase; HPV, human papilloma virus; ST3GAL3, ST3 β-galactoside α-2,3-sialyltransferase 3; ST6GAL1, β-galactoside α-2,6-sialyltransferase 1; bp, base pair.