Table 1.

Primers for RT-PCR used in this study.

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer
IL-1β	5′-TACGAATCTCCGACCACCA-3′	5′-GGACCAGACATCACCAAGC-3′
TNF-α	5′-GTCAGATCATCTTCTCGAACC-3′	5′-CAGATAGATGGGCTCATACC-3′
iNOS	5′-GACGAGACGGATAGGCAGAG-3′	5′-CACATGCAAGGAAGGGAACT-3′
COX-2	5′-GAGAGATGTATCCTCCCACAGTCA-3′	5′-GACCAGGCACCAGACCAAAG-3′
MMP1	5′-CTGTTCAGGGACAGAATGTGC-3′	5′-TTGGACTCACACCATGTGTT-3′
MMP3	5′-TGCGTGGCAGTTTGCTCAGCC-3′	5′-GAATGTGAGTGGAGTCACCTC-3′
MMP13	5′-GGCTCCGAGAAATGCAGTCTTTCTT-3′	5′-ATCAAATGGGTAGAAG TCGCCATGC-3′
Adamts5	5′-GGTCAAGGTCCCATGTGCAAC-3′	5′-GAATGCGGCCATCTTGTCATC-3′
Collage Ⅱ	5′-CTGTCCTTCGGTGTCAGGG-3′	5′-CGGCTTCCACACATCCTTAT-3′
NLRP3	5′-CGTGAGTCCCATTAAGATGGAGT-3′	5′-CCCGACAGTGGATATAGAACAGA-3′
ASC	5′-GCGCTGGAGAACCTGACCGC-3′	5′-CTCCTGCAGGCCCATGTCGC-3′
Caspase-1	5′-GAAAGCCCACATAGAGAAGG-3′	5′-CTCTTTCAGTGGTGGGCATC-3′
PGC-1α	5′-AGCCTCTTTGCCCAGATCTT-3′	5′-GGCAATCCGTCTTCATCCAC-3′
TFAM	5′-CCAAAAAGACCTCGTTCAGCTT-3′	5′-CTTCAGCTTTTCCTGCGGTG-3′
D-loop	5′-CTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCA-3′	5′-TTCGCCTGTAATATTGAACGTA-3′
18sRNA	5′-TAGAGGGACAAGTGGCGTTC-3′	5′-CGCTGAGCCAGTCAGTGT-3′
GAPDH	5′-GGAGCGAGATCCCTCCAAAAT-3′	5′-GGCTGTTGTCATACTTCTCATGG-3′