Research Article

Deferasirox, an Iron-Chelating Agent, Improves Testicular Morphometric and Sperm Functional Parameters in a Rat Model of Varicocele

Table 1

List of primers used for real-time RT-PCR analysis.

GenePrimer sequence (5-3)GenBank no.Amplicon size (bp)

Grp78F TAACAATCAAGGTCTACGAAGG
R CCATTCACATCTATCTCAAAGGT
NM_013083.2193
Splice xbp-1F CTGAGTCCGCAGCAGG
R CTTGTCCAGAATGCCCAAAAGG
NM_001271731.1119
Unspliced xbp-1F GTCCGCAGCACTCAGACTAC
R CTGGGGAAGGACATTTGAAAAAC
NM_001004210.2178
Nrf2F TGCCATTAGTCAGTCGCTC
R GTGCCTTCAGTGTGCTTC
NM_031789.299
Bcl-2F ACTTCTCTCGTCGCTACCGTC
R AAGAGTTCCTCCACCACCGT
NM_016993.1106
BaxF GGATCGAGCAGAGAGGATGG
R ACACTCGCTCAGCTTCTTGG
NM_017059.291
BakF CAGAGAGGTGGTTGGGTGG
R GTGGGTTGGGGAGAGGTTTAG
NM_053812.1181
BimF CACAAACCCCAAGTCCTCC
R AGTCTCATTGAACTCGTCTCC
NM_171988.2152
Caspase-3F CGGTATTGAGACAGACAGTGGAAC
R GCGGTAGAGTAAGCATACAGGAAG
NM_012922.290
p53F CCGACTATACCACTATCCACTAC
R CACAAACACGAACCTCAAAGC
NM_030989.3147
GAPDHF TGCCGCCTGGAGAAACC
R TGAAGTCGCAGGAGACAACC
NM_017008.4121