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Table 1 Primer sequences

From: Identification of body fluids—menstrual blood, saliva, and nasal secretions—over different periods of time, using mRNA

Body fluid

Gene

Primer (F and R)

Size (bp)

Reference

Nasal

BPIFA1

F:CAAGTGAATACGCCCCTGGTCG

131

van den Berge et al. 2016

R:GAATGGGTGCAGTCACCAAGGAC

STATH

F:TTTGCCTTCATCTTGGCTCT]

93

Lindenbergh et al. 2012

SalivaSaliva

R:CCCATAACCGAATCTTCCAA

HTN3

F:ATGGGCCAGCACACAGAC.

134

R:GCAAAGAGACATCATGGGTA

Menstrual Blood

MMP-7

F:TTTTCCCATGGGGAAATATAGGT

127

R:GAACAGGCTCAGGACTATCTC

MMP-10

F:GCATCTTGCATTCCTTGTGCTGTTG

107

van den Berge et al. 2016

R:GGTATTGCTGGGCAAGATCCTTGTT

Housekeeping Gene

B-actin (ACTB)

F:CTTGGGAGGGCACTTGGGGGTG

 

Lindenbergh et al. 2012

R:TGACCCAGATCATGTTTGAG

  1. A Adenine, C Cytosine, G Guanine, T Thymine, B-actin Beta-actin, STATH Statherin, HTN3 Histatin 3, BPIFA1 Lipid-binding protein that plays a role in the innate immune responses of the upper airway, MMP10 Metalloproteinase 10, MMP7 Metalloproteinase 7