siTAK1-#1: GGAGTGGCTTATCTTCACA;
siTAK1-#2: GGCTTATCTTACACTGGAT;
siNRF2-1#: GAGAAAGAATTGCCTGTAA;
siNRF2-2#: GCTACGTGATGAAGATGGA;
siNRF2-3#: GCCCTCACCTGCTACTTTA.
The negative control (siCtrl) was nonhomologous to any human genome sequence and purchased from RiboBio Co., Ltd. Predetermined cells were grown in 6-well plates for 12 h and then transfected with 20 nM siRNA mixed with 5 μL of Lipofectamine RNAiMAX (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Thirty-six to 48 h after transfection, the cells were harvested for further analysis.
Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol (Life Technology), reverse transcribed into cDNA using the GoScriptTM Reverse Transcription System (Promega) and analyzed by real-time qPCR on a BIO-RAD Real-time PCR machine using iTaq™ Universal SYBR® Green Super mix (Bio–Rad). The results were normalized to β-actin, and relative values were calculated using the 2[-(CT gene -CT reference)] method. The gene-specific primers used for qPCR are listed in Supplementary Table