“…RT-PCR was carried out according to the method described by Morimoto et al (8). Primers used in this study were as follows: hMLH1, sense, 5′-GTGCTGGCAATCAAGG-GACCC-3′, anti-sense, 5′-CACGGTTGAGGCATTGGG-TAG-3′; hMSH2, sense, 5′-GTCGGCTTCGTGCGCTTCTTT-3′, anti-sense, 5′-TCTCTGGCCATCAACTGCGGA-3′; and β-actin, sense, 5′-ACACTGTGCCCATCTACGAGG-3′, antisense, 5′-AGGGGCCGGACTCGTCATACT-3′.…”