Research Article

Mechanical Stress Modulates the RANKL/OPG System of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells via α7 nAChR in Human Deciduous Teeth: An In Vitro Study

Table 1

The qRT-PCR primer sequences.

Target genesPrimer sequencesAccession number

CHRNA7-F5-GAG CCC TAC CCC GAT GTC A-3NM_000746
CHRNA7-R5-ATC TCA GCC ACG AGC A-3
RUNX2-F5-CAC TGG CGC TGC AAC AAG A-3NM_001024630
RUNX2-R5-CAT TCC GGA GCT CAG AAT AA-3
ALP-F5-CCT TGT AGC CAG GCC CAT TG-3NM_000478
ALP-R5-GGA CCA TTC CCA CGT CTT CAC-3
RANKL-F5-TGA TGT GCT GTG ATC CAA CGA-3NM_003701
RANKL-R5-AAG ATG GCA CTC ACT GCA TTT ATA G-3
OPG-F5-CAA AGT AAA CGC AGA GAG TGT AGA-3NM_002546
OPG-R5-GAA GGT GAG GTT AGC ATG TCC-3
GAPDH-F5-TCA TGG GTG TGA ACC ATG AGA A-3NM_002046
GAPDH-R5-GGC ATG GAC TGT GGT CAT GAG-3

Primer-BLAST (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/tools/primer-blast/) was used for the primer design.