Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed to evaluate the relative mRNA expression level using the following primers: BAG1 forward: 5'-CAGGGCAGCAGTGAACCA-3', and reverse: 5'-ACCCGGCAACCATCTTGT-3'; BCL2 forward: 5'- CTGGGAGAACAGGGTACGATAA-3', and reverse: 5'-GGCTGGGAGGAGAAGATGC-3'; TP73 forward: 5'-CTCGGGAGGGACTTCAACG-3', and reverse: 5'-CCTGTGGTGGCTCATAGG-3';
CASP1 forward: 5'-ATTACAGACAAGGGTGCT-3', and reverse, 5'-GAATAACGGAGTCAATCAAA-3'; LTBR forward: 5'- CAAAGATGAAGTTGGGAAGG-3', and reverse: 5'- GTTTCCTGCAGAGAGAAGGGTGGCT-3'; CASP4 forward: 5'- GCACAATGGGCTCTATCT-3', and reverse: 5'-CAGTCGTTCTATGGTGGG-3'; GAPDH forward: 5'-AAGAGCACAAGAGGAAGAGAGAGAC-3', and reverse: 5'-GTCTACATGGCAACTGTGAGGAG-3'.