Total hepatic RNA was extracted with TRIzol® (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and reverse transcribed into cDNA with the High-Capacity cDNA Reverse Transcript Kit (Applied Biosystems) and diluted 1:10 with DNase and RNase-free H2O. Real-time PCR was performed on an ABI 7900 using the SYBR Green assay (primer sequences were available on request) as described previously [4 (link)]. The delta-Ct method was used to calculate mRNA expression levels (expressed by ratio = 2-deltaCt *100%), using Cyclophilin A as the control gene.
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