Total RNA was extracted with an appropriate RNA Extraction Kit (Promega, United States) and reverse-transcribed employing random primers and a Reverse Transcription Kit (Promega, United States). Then, the expression levels of target RNAs were evaluated using a Step One Plus Real-Time PCR System and SYBR Green Master Mix (7300R, ABI, United States). GAPDH was employed as an endogenous control, and the fold change was computed using the 2−ΔΔCT technique (Mo et al., 2021 (link)). Primer sequences were designed by Sangon Biotech (Table 1).
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