Detailed protocols are provided in our previous report.6 (link) RT-qPCRs were run on a qTOWER 2.2 Real-Time PCR system (Analytik Jena, Jena, Germany) using reaction mixtures containing 1 μL of diluted cDNA and 5 μL of 2× SYBR® Green Supermix (DBI, Ludwigshafen, Germany). The thermal cycling conditions were as follows: 95 °C for 3 min followed by 39 cycles of 95 °C for 10s and 60 °C for 30s. Relative eRNA levels in PBMCs were calculated using the following equation: amount of target = 2−ΔCt, where delta Ct = Ct eRNAs – Ct GAPDH. The sequences of the eRNA-specific primers used are provided in Supplementary File, Table S2. Each biological replicate was analyzed in triplicate.