Table 1. Oligonucleotide primers used for RT-PCR amplification and probe synthesis for in situ hybridization.

Primer	Nucleotide sequence	Purpose
CatD-F	5′-CCTGTTTTCTACAATATGGTTA-3′	RT-PCR expression analysis and In situ hybridization
CatD-R	5′-GGCTTAGCACCAATCTTCTTGTTG-3′
β-actin-F	5′-ATTGGACTTCGAGCAGGAGA-3′	Reference genes
β-actin-R	5′-ACAGGTCCTTACGGATGTCG-3′