All the RNA samples were of good quality with OD 280/260 ≥ 2.0 assessed with a 2000 Nanodrop (NanoDrop Technologies, Wilmington, DE, USA) and RNA integrity number (RIN) ≥ 8.0 determined with an Agilent 2100 BioAnalyzer (Agilent Technologies, Waldbronn, Germany). RNA concentration ...