Research Article

Optimizing Laser Capture Microdissection Protocol for Isolating Zone-Specific Cell Populations from Mandibular Condylar Cartilage

Table 1

Sequence of primer sets for housekeeping genes used for qRT-PCR to evaluate LCM-RNA integrity.

Gene symbolForward primer sequence (5′-3′)Reverse primer sequence (5′-3′)

GAPDH (3′ end)ATGTATCCGTTGTGGATCTGACATAGCCCAGGATGCCCTTTAGT
GAPDH (midregion)CCTCAAGATTGTCAGCAATGCAGGCATGGACTGTGGTCATGA
β-Actin (3′ end)GCTCCTCCTGAGCGCAAGTCATCGTACTCCTGCTTGCTGAT
β-Actin (midregion)GGCCAACCGTGAAAAGATGAACCAGAGGCATACAGGGACAA