Table 2.

Primer sequences for genes used in confirmatory qRT-PCR.

Gene and ID	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Annealing temperature
IL6	5′-CCC TGA GGC AAA AGG GAA AGA-3′	5′-CTC AGG TGC CCC AGC TAC AT-3′	54
ANG	5′-AAT GAA GCA ACG AGG CCT GA-3′	5′-GGT TGG ACC CTC CCT TAT GC-3′	54
ANGPT1	5′-TCC ACG CTG AAC GGT TAC AC-3′	5′-TTT CCC TCT CAA AGA ACG CC-3′	53
ET-1	Proprietary		55
TGFβ3	Proprietary		55