The purification of high-quality RNA from cells was performed using
The RNeasy Mini Kit (74104, QIAGEN) in accordance with the manufacturer’s protocols. Samples were performed in triplicates.
SYBR Green PCR Master Mix (4309155, Applied Biosystems) was used for two-step real-time RT-PCR analysis on an Applied Biosystems
StepOnePlus Real Time PCR instrument. Expression value of the targeted gene in a given sample was normalized to the corresponding ex pression of GAPDH. The 2
-ΔΔCt method was used to calculate relative expression of the targeted genes. The primers were: GAPDH-F, 5’- AGCCTCAAGATCATCAGCAATG’, GAPDH-R 5’- TGATGGCATGGACTGTGGTCAT −3’, hPin1-F, 5’-GCCTCACAGTTCAGCGACT-3’, hPin1-R, 5’-ACTCAGTGCGGAGGATGATGT-3’, hENT1-F, 5’-CAGAAAGTGCCTTCGGCTAC-3’ , hENT1-R, 5’-TGGGCTGAGAGAGTTGGAGACT-3’, hPD-L1-F, 5’-TGGCATTTGCTGAAC GCATTT-3, hPD-L1-R, 5’-TGCAGCCAGGTCTAATTGTTTT-3’ (Zhang et al., 2018 (
link)), hPD-L1 −2F, 5’-GGTGCCGACTACAAGCGAAT-3’, hPD-L1–2R, 5’-AGCCCTCAGCCTGACATGTC-3 ‘ (Burr et al., 2017 (
link)), hPD-L1–3F, 5’-ATTTGGAGGATGTGCCAGAG-3’, hPD-L1–3R, 5’-CCAG CACACTGAGAATCAACA-3’ (Mezzadra et al., 2017 (
link)), hPD-L1–4 F, 5’- CCTACTGGCATTTG CTGAACGCAT-3’, hPD-L1–4 R, 5’- ACCATAGCTGATCATGCAGCGGTA-3’
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