RNA was isolated using Gene MATRIX Universal RNA/miRNA Purification Kit (EURx) and transcribed to cDNA with Transcriptor Universal cDNA Master (Roche). Primer sequences are given in Table S2. Transcript abundance was measured using iTaq Universal SYBR Green Supermix (Bio-Rad) and LightCycler 480. 18S RNA was used as a housekeeping control gene. Relative transcript abundance was assessed using the 2-ΔΔCT method as previously described [30 (link)].
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