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PPIA exhibited the lowest SEM, indicating high precision and stability across different experimental conditions. GAPDH showed the most variability, confirming its unsuitability as a reference gene in this context. Differences between groups were statistically significant (p less tahn 0.01) for most genes, with some exceptions for PPIA, YWHAZ, and TBP in specific conditions. The gene stability was evaluated using the NormFinder algorithm, which provided a ranking based on the stability of gene expression across experimental groups. PPIA was found to be the most stable, demonstrating minimal variation in expression levels, while GAPDH was identified as the least stable gene. 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