RNA was extracted using trizol and analyzed by SYBRgreen qPCR with the 7300 real time PCR system (Applied Biosystems)67 (link) and TaqMan qPCR (Applied Biosystems). Primers used are listed in Suppl.Table.2.
qPCR of miRNAs was conducted using TaqMan miRNA assays (Applied Biosystems). Raw Ct values for miRNAs were normalized to RNU66. Linear expression values for all qPCR experiments were calculated using the 2(−ΔCt) method. P-values were calculated using a student's t-test.