Table 1.

Primers used to amplify the apoptosis‐related and internal control genes

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer
Apaf−1	5’AGAAGGTTGTTTCCCAGGGGGAGTG3’	5’GCGAAGCATCAGAATGCGGAGACGG3’
Bcl2	5’TCCAGGATAACGGAGGCTGGGATGC3’	5’CCAGGGCCAAACTGAGCAGAGTCTT3’
Bax	5’GGGTTTCATCCAGGATCGAGCAGGG3’	5’GCGGCAATCATCCTCTGCAGCTCCA3’
GAPDH	5’GGTGGTCTCCTCTGACTTCAACA3’	5’GGTGCTGTAGCCAAATTCGTTGT3’