Table 1:

Sequences of oligonucleotides used as primers for qRT-PCR gene expression profiling.

Species	Target	Primer Sequence
Human/Mouse	r18s	For: 5’-CGGCTACCACATCCAAGGAA-3’ Rev: 5’-GGGCCTCGAAAGAGTCCTGT-3’
Human	TGFβ3	For: 5’-GGAAAACACCGAGTCGGAATAC-3’ Rev: 5’-GCGGAAAACCTTGGAGGT AAT-3
Mouse	Acan	For: 5’-CGCCACTTTCATGACCGAGA-3’ Rev: 5’-TCATTCAGACCGATCCACTGGTAG-3’
Mouse	Col2a1	For: 5’-ACTGGTAAGTGGGGCAAGAC-3’ Rev: 5’-CCACACCAAATTCCTGTTCA-3’
Mouse	Colla1	For: 5’-CGATGGATTCCCGTTCGAGT-3’ Rev: 5’-CGATCTCGTTGGATCCCTGG-3’
Mouse	Il6	For: 5’-GAGGATACCACTCCCAACAGACC-3’ Rev: 5’-AAGTGCATCATCGTTGTTCATACA-3’
Mouse	Mmp13	For: 5’-GGGCTCTGAATGGTTATGACATTC-3’ Rev: 5’ -AGCGCTCAGTCTCTTCACCTCTT-3’
Mouse	Ccl5	For: 5’-GCTGCTTTGCCTACCTCTCC-3’ Rev: 5’-TCGAGTGACAAACACGACTGC-3’
Mouse	Ccl2	For: 5’-CCTACTCATTGGGATCATCTTGCT-3’ Rev: 5’-GAGGATACCACTCCCAACAGACC-3’
Mouse	Adamts4	For: 5’-GACCTTCCGTGAAGAGCAGTGT-3’ Rev: 5’-CCTGGCAGGTGAGTTTGCA-3’