“…The mRNA expression of these factors was measured via qPCR, and Ξ²-actin was chosen as the loading control. The primers used in qPCR ( 37 ) were (1) CDH1 (E-cadherin), forward primer 5β-CTCCTGAAAAGAGAGTGGAAGTGT-3β, reverse primer 5β-CCGGATTAATCTCCAGCCAGTT-3β; (2) CDH2 (N-cadherin), forward primer 5β-CCTGGATCGCGAGCAGATA-3β, reverse primer 5β-CCATTCCAAACCTGGTGTAAGAAC-3β; (3) vimentin, forward primer 5β-ACCGCACACAGCAAGGCGAT-3β, reverse primer 5β-CGATTGAGGGCTCCTAGCGGTT-3β; (4) ZEB1, forward primer 5β-GATGACCTGCCAACAGACCA-3β, reverse primer: 5β-CCCCAGGATTTCTTGCCCTT-3β; (5) fibronectin, forward primer 5β-CAGGATCACTTACGGAGAAACAG-3β, reverse primer 5β-GCCAGTGACAGCATACACAGTG-3β; (6) SLUG, forward primer 5β-CTTCCTGGTCAAGAAGCA-3β, reverse primer 5β-GGGAAATAATCACTGTATGTGTG-3β; (7) TWIST, forward primer 5β-GTACATCGACTTCCTCTACCAG-3β, reverse primer 5β-CATCCTCCAGACCGAGAAG-3β; (8) BCL2, forward primer 5β-GATCGTTGCCTTATGCATTTGTTTTG-3β; reverse primer, 5β-CGGATCTTTATTTCATGAGGCACGTTA-3β; (9) BIRC2, forward primer 5β-ACATGCAGCTCGAATGAGAACAT-3β; reverse primer 5β-GATTCCCAACACCTCAAGCCA-3β; (10) BIRC3, forward primer 5β-GTGTTCTAGTTAATCCTGAGCAGCTT-3β; reverse primer 5β-TGGAAACCACTTGGCATGTTGA-3β; (11) BIRC5, forward primer 5β-CAAGGACCACCGCATCTCT-3β, reverse primer 5β-AGCTCCTTGAAGCAGAAGAAACA-3β; (12) NICD, forward primer 5β-CCGACGCACAAGGTGTCTT-3β, reverse primer 5β-GTCGGCGTGTGAGTTGATGA-3β; (13) PSEN-1, forward primer 5β-CCATATTGATCGGCCTGTG-4β, reverse primer 5β-GAAGGGCTGCACGAGATAAT-3β; and (14) Ξ²-actin, forward primer 5β-CACCATTGGCAATGAGCGGTTC-3β, reverse primer 5β-AGGTCTTTGCGGATGTCCACGT-3β. The qPCR results were presented as a heat map of mRNA expression and obtained via the method of Ma et al.…”