Table 1.

Primers used in this study

Gene	Sequence of forward primer	Sequence of reverse primer	Application
TAZ	5′-CGACTCAGAACCAACCCACA-3′	5′-CATGAGCTCCTCTTGACGCA-3′	real-time PCR
IL-1β	5′-GTTCCCATTAGACAACTGCACTACAG-3′	5′-GTCGTTGCTTGGTTCTCCTTGTA-3′	real-time PCR
IL-6	5′-CCAGAAACCGCTATGAAGTTCC-3′	5′-GTTGGGAGTGGTATCCTCTGTGA-3′	real-time PCR
TNF-α	5′-GCAACTGCTGCACGAAATC-3′	5′-CTGCTTGTCCTCTGCCCAC-3′	real-time PCR
Nrf2	5′-CCCAGCACATCCAGACAGAC-3′	5′-TATCCAGGGCAAGCGACTCA-3′	real-time PCR
Bcl2	5′-TCAGAGCGAGAAGGTAGGGA-3′	5′-CTGTGGGGTAACAAGAAGGTC-3′	real-time PCR
Bax	5′-CCGGCGAATTGGAGATGAACT-3′	5′-CCAGCCCATGATGGTTCTGAT-3′	real-time PCR
Casp3	5′-CTGGACTGTGGCATTGAGAC-3′	5′-GCAAAGGGACTGGATGAACC-3′	real-time PCR
Gapdh	5′-GCCTTCCGTGTTCCTACCC-3′	5′-TGCCTGCTTCACCACCTTC-3′	real-time PCR
TAZa	5′-GATATCTGGCTCCGGCCAGGAGGTCAT-3′	5′-CTCGAGGTGATTACAGCCAGGTTAGA-3′	overexpression
TAZb	5′-GATATCCCGAGTCCCCAGAAAGATG-3′
mtDNA	5′-CCTATCACCCTTGCCATCAT-3′	5′-GAGGCTGTTGCTTGTGTGAC-3′	real-time PCR
ncDNA	5′-ATGGAAAGCCTGCCATCATG-3′	5′-TCCTTGTTGTTCAGCATCAC-3′	real-time PCR
Nrf2	5′-AAGCTTGGTTTTCAACTATTAACACAT-3′	5′-CTCGAGGATGCTTGGGGTGGCTCTCC-3′	promoter analysis
Nrf2	5′-TCGGGGGCAGTTAAAGAAGTAT-3′	5′-GATGCTTGGGGTGGCTCTC-3′	ChIP