Research Article

Aquaporin-1 Expression in Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy and in Epiretinal Membranes

Table 2

Gene symbols, gene name, accession number, primers sequences, amplicon sizes, and primer efficiencies of the tested genes (mean ± S.E.M., ).

Gene symbolsGene nameAccession numberPrimer sequencesAmplicon size (bp)Primer efficiency (%)

hsAQP1Aquaporin-1NM_198098F: 5′-TGGACACCTCCTGGCTATTG-3′ 164 107 ± 3
R: 5′-GGGCCAGGATGAAGTCGTAG-3′
hsActa2Smooth muscle actinNM_001141945.1F: 5′-GCTATGTGTGAAGAAGAGG-3′ 171 97 ± 1
R: 5′-CACGTAGCTGTCTTTTTGT-3′
hsGFAPGlial fibrillary acidic proteinNM_002055.4F: 5′-GTCAGAAGGCCACCTCAAGA-3′ 109 96 ± 2
R: 5′-CCTGCCTCACATCACATCCT-3′
hsATP5BATP synthase subunit betaNM_001686.3F: 5′-AGAGGTCCCATCAAAACCAAAC-3′ 152 101 ± 2
R: 5′-AAAAGCCCAATTTTGCCACC-3′
hsHPRT1Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1NM_000194.2F: 5′-TGGCGTCGTGATTAGTGATG-3′ 137 98 ± 1
R: 5′-CTCGAGCAAGACGTTCAGTC-3′