Table 1 Candidate reference genes evaluated in this study.
Symbol | Name | Function | Accession No.a |
|---|---|---|---|
ACTB | β-actin | cytoskeletal structural protein | NM_001101 |
ALAS 1 | 5-aminolevulinate synthase 1 | heme biosynthetic pathway | NM_000688 NM_199166 |
B2M | β-2-microglobulin | β-chain of MHC I molecules | NM_004048 |
GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydro-genase | carbohydrate metabolism | NM_002046 |
HBB | β-hemoglobin | hemoglobin β-chain | NM_00518 |
HMBS | hydroxymethyl-bilane synthase | heme biosynthetic pathway | NM_000190 NM_001024382 |
HPRT1 | hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl-transferase 1 | purine salvage pathway | NM_000194 |
IPO8 | importin-8 | nuclear import of proteins | NM_001190995 NM_006390 |
PGK1 | phosphoglycerate kinase 1 | glycolysis | NM_000291 |
PPIA | peptidylprolyl isomerase A | protein folding | NM_021130 |
RPLP0 | ribosomal protein, large, P0 | ribosomal protein, translation | NM_001002 NM_053275 |
RPL13A | ribosomal protein L13A | ribosomal protein, translation | NM_012423 NR_026712 |
SDHA | succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit A | mitochondrial respiratory chain | NM_004168 |
TBP | TATA box binding protein | general RNA polymerase II transcription factor | NM_003194 |
TFRC | transferrin receptor (p90, CD71) | cellular iron homeostasis | NM_001128148 NM_003234 |
YWHAZ | tyrosine-3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein, zeta polypeptide | binding to phosphorylated serine residues, signal transduction | NM_001135699 NM_001135700 NM_001135701 NM_001135702 NM_003406 NM_145690 |
18S | RNA, 18S ribosomal 1 | ribosomal RNA, translation | NR_003286 |