Rationales for the Use of Cancer Stem Cells Markers in the Staging of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 1

The sequences of specific primers used for real-time qPCR.

Gene	PCR product (bp)	Primer pair sequences (5′ to 3′)	TM	Accession No.
CD44	96	F: CTTTGCAGGTGTATTCCACG	59.2	NM_001001389.1
		R:GCAAGGTGCTATTGAAAGCC	59.9
OCT3/4	118	F:GGGTGAATGACATTTGTGGG	61	NM_203289.5
		R: CCATTCGGGATTCAAGAACC	61.6
ABCG2	188	F:GATCATAGAGCCTTCCAAGC	56.6	NM_001257386
		R:CCCATCTGAGTTGATGACAG	56.5
ALDH1A1	128	F:CTTGACCTCATTGAGAGTGG	55.7	NM_000689
		R:GCAATGCGCATCTCATCTGT	57
ß-actin	117	F:CTCCATCATGAAGTGTGACG	57.6	NM_001101
		R:GCAGTGATCTCCTTCTGCAT	58