Research Article

Differential Expression of Placental Glucocorticoid Receptors and Growth Arrest-Specific Transcript 5 in Term and Preterm Pregnancies: Evidence for Involvement of Maternal Stress

Table 1

Sequences of primers used for quantitative RT-PCR.

GRα Sense5′-CTATGCATGAAGTGGTTGAAAA-3′96 bp
Antisense5′-TTTCAGCTAACATCTCGGG-3′

GRβSense5′-GAAGGAAACTCCAGCCAGAA-3′81 bp
Antisense5′-CCACATAACATTTTCATGCATAGA-3′

GRγSense5′-TTCAAAAGAGCAGTGGAAGGTA-3′264 bp
Antisense5′-GGTAGGGGTGAGTTGTGGTAACG-3′

GR-PSense5′-GCTGTGTTTTGCTCCTGATCTGA-3′194 bp
Antisense5′-TGACATAAGGTGAAAAGGTGTTCTACC-3′

GAS5Sense5′-CAGTGTGGCTCTGGATAGCA-3′168 bp
Antisense5′-TTAAGCTGGTCCAGGCAAGT-3′

β-ActinSense5′-AAGAGAGGCATCCTCACCCT-3′216 bp
Antisense5′-TACATGGCTGGGGTGTTGAA-3′