Research Article

Precocious Puberty and the Lin28/Let7 Pathway: The Therapeutic Effect of the Nourishing “Yin” and Purging “Fire” Traditional Chinese Medicine Mixture in a Rat Model

Table 2

Sequences of the real-time PCR primers for evaluation of the relative expression of the Lin28a, Lin28b, GAPDH, mir-let7a, mir-let7b, and U6 genes in the rat.

PrimerSequenceAmplicon length (bp)

Lin28a-FAGTACCCTGCCACTGAGTTAT132
Lin28a-RGGAAGCCAAGATTGTGAA
Lin28b-FAGAAGTGCTGCCTTGCCTTA73
Lin28b-RTTGGGTGACACTCTGATTCGT
GAPDH-FACTTTGGCATCGTGGAAGGG128
GAPDH-RTGCAGGGATGATGTTCTGGG
mir-let7a-FACACTCCAGCTGGGTGAGGTAGTAGGTTGTAT63
mir-let7a-RTGTCGTGGAGTCGGCAATTC
mir-let7b-FACACTCCAGCTGGGTGAGGTAGTAGGTTGTGT63
mir-let7b-RTGTCGTGGAGTCGGCAATTC
U6-RTCGCTTCACGAATTTGCGTGTCAT
U6-FGCTTCGGCAGCACATATACTAAAAT95
U6-RCGCTTCACGAATTTGCGTGTCAT