Research Article

Generation of iPSCs by Nonintegrative RNA-Based Reprogramming Techniques: Benefits of Self-Replicating RNA versus Synthetic mRNA

Table 1

List of primer sequences used for qRT-PCR analysis.

GeneForward primer (5 → 3)Reverse primer (5 → 3)

Pluripotency marker
GAPDHTCAACAGCGACACCCACTCCTGAGGTCCACCACCCTGTTG
Oct4 [3]AGCGAACCAGTATCGAGAACTTACAGAACCACACTCGGAC
Sox2 [3]AGCTACAGCATGATGCAGGAGGTCATGGAGTTGTACTGCA
Nanog [3]TGAACCTCAGCTACAAACAGTGGTGGTAGGAAGAGTAAAG
Lin28CTTCTTCTCCGAACCAACCCAGCCACCTGCAAACTG
E-cadherinTATACCCTGGTGGTTCAAGCCACCTGACCCTTGTACGTG
Klf4 [3]TCTCAAGGCACACCTGCGAATAGTGCCTGGTCAGTTCATC
cMyc [3]ACTCTGAGGAGGAACAAGAATGGAGACGTGGCACCTCTT
srRNA-specific marker
nsP2TCCACAAAAGCATCTCTCGCCGTTTGCAACTGCTTCACCCACCC
nsP4TTTTCAAGCCCCAAGGTCGCAGTGTTCTGGATCGCTGAAGGCAC

GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; Oct4: octamer binding transcription factor 4; Sox2: sex-determining region Y-box 2; E-cadherin: epithelial cadherin; Klf4: Krüppel-like factor 4; cMyc: cellular myelocytomatosis; nsP: nonstructural protein.