Table 4.

The sequence of the primers used in qPCR.

PCR product length	Primers Sequence	Primers
200 bp	GCAACCTGTTTGTGCTGAAG	MMP-2 (Forward)
	GTAGCCAATGATCCTGTATGTG	MMP-2 (Reverse)
114 bp	TCCAGTACCGAGAGAAAGCCTA	MMP-9 (Forward)
	GCAGGATGTCATAGGTCACG	MMP-9 (Reverse)
174 bp	TGCGGATACTTCCACAGGTC	TIMP-1 (Forward)
	GCATTCCTCACAGCCAACAG	TIMP-1 (Reverse)
63 bp	TGTGCCGCTAGAGGTGAAATT	18s rRNA (Forward)
	TGGCAAATGCTTTCGCTTT	18s rRNA (Reverse)
MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; TIMP, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase