Mesenchymal stem cells with overexpression of midkine enhance cell survival and attenuate cardiac dysfunction in a rat model of myocardial infarction

Table 1 The primers used for qPCR assays

Genes	Forward	Reverse	cDNA size (bp)
VEGF	CAGCTATTGCCGTCCAATTGA	CCAGGGCTTCATCATTGCA	131
FGF2	GGCTCTACTGCAAGAACGGC	GAAACAGTATGGCCTTCTGTC	353
FGF7	TTTGGAAAGAGCGACGACTT	GGCAGGATCCGTGTCAGTAT	209
TGF-β	TACAGGGCTTTCGCTTCAGT	TGGTTGTAGAGGGCAAGGAC	238
SDF-1a	TTTCACTCTCCGTCCACCTC	ATCTGAAGGGCACAGTTTGG	251
SCF	TTCGCTTGTAATTGGCTTTGC	TTCAACTGCCCTTGTAAGACTTGA	296
IGF-1	AAGCCTACAAAGTCAGCTCG	GGTCTTGTTTCCTGCACTTC	166
GM-CSF	GCTCACCCAACCCTGTCACCCG	CCTCATTTCTGGACCGGCTTCC	376
β-actin	AGGGAAATCGTGCGTGACAT	AACCGCTCATTGCCGATAGT⁷	149

ISSN: 1757-6512