Table 1.

Sequence of the murine primers used for real-time PCR

Gene	Primer	Sequence
MMP-2	Forward	5′-TTGAGAAGGATGGCAAGTAT-3′
	Reverse	5′-ATGGTAAACAAGGCTTCATG-3′
MMP-3	Forward	5′-TGGAGCTTCTGCAGAAATA-3′
	Reverse	5′-ATCTTTTGCAAGGCCATAG-3′
MMP-8	Forward	5′-TGCAGAGAAGCTTAAAGAGA-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGTCTCTGCTAAGCTGAAGAA-3′
MMP-9	Forward	5′-GGATCCAAAACTACTCTGAAGA-3′
	Reverse	5′-ACCAAACTGGATGACAATGT-3′
MMP-10	Forward	5′-CTGGGCAGTCCGAGGAA-3′
	Reverse	5′-AACATGTCTTGTCTCATCAAATC-3′
MMP-13	Forward	5′-TAAGGCAGAAATATTATGTAGAA-3′
	Reverse	5′-AAAGCAGAGAGGGATTAACAA-3′
MMP-14	Forward	5′-GCTTCTACCACAAGGACTTT-3′
	Reverse	5′-CAATTAGGGACTGAGAAGGG-3′
TIMP-1	Forward	5′-TTCCAGTAAGGCCTGTAGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-TTATGACCAGGTCCGAGTT-3′
TIMP-2	Forward	5′-TGCAATGCAGACGTAGTGAT-3′
	Reverse	5′-ATAGATGTCATTCCCGGAAT-3′
TIMP-3	Forward	5′-CACAAAGTTGCACAGTCCTG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TTTGTCGCCTCAAGCTAGA-3′
TIMP-4	Forward	5′-GAAGGAGTACGTTGACATCATC-3′
	Reverse	5′-CAGAATGCTTCCAAGGATG-3′
Collagen-1	Forward	5′-GGTATGCTTGATCTGTATCTGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGTCCAGTTCTTCATTGCATT-3′
Collagen-3	Forward	5′-AGCACCTGTTTCTCCCTTT-3′
	Reverse	5′-CTGGTATGAAAGGACACAGAG-3′
Collagen-4	Forward	5′-CAACACTAACCACAGACTGAAT-3′
	Reverse	5′-GAAGGAGGCTAACAAAGGC-3′
TGF-β	Forward	5′-CTCCACCTGCAAGACCAT-3′
	Reverse	5′-CTTAGTTTGGACAGGATCTGG-3′
TNF-α	Forward	5′-CGCTCTTCTGTCTACTGAACTT-3′
	Reverse	5′-GATGAGAGGGAGGCCATT-3′
i-NOS	Forward	5′-ATGCTGTGTTTGGCCTTG-3′
	Reverse	5′-TCGTCCCCTTCTCCTGTT-3′
18S rRNA	Forward	5′-CGGCTACCACATCCAAGGAA-3′
	Reverse	5′-GCTGGAATTACCGCGGCT-3′