Table 1.

Primers used for real-time quantitative RT-PCR in this study

Primer	Forward Oligonucleotides	Reverse Oligonucleotides
GEF-H1	5′-GAGGCGCAAGAACTTGGTAG-3′	5′-CCATCTCGGCTTTCTGTCTC-3′
p115RhoGEF	5′-CAGCTCTGAGAATGGCACTG-3′	5′-AGGATCGCTTCAGGGACAG-3′
PDZ-RhoGEF	5′-GGGGTCCTACCCTGAAGAAG-3′	5′-TTCCCAGGCCTCACAGTATC-3′
l-Arginine	5′-AAGTTAGAGCCCCGTGTCCT-3′	5′-CAGCTGCCAGAAGGAAGAAC-3′
ROCK-I	5′-TGGTGAAACACCAGAAGGAGCTGA-3′	5′-TTGCCCGCAACTGCTCAATATCAC-3′
ROCK-II	5′-TAGCGCCCTGCAAAGTTTAT-3′	5′-CCGAATGGACTGGTTTTGTT-3′
Guanine dissociation inhibitor	5′-GCCCTGTTTTGTCTTTGCTC-3′	5′-TCCATACTGAGGGCAAGTCC-3′
Atrial natriuretic peptide	5′-ATTGACAGGATTGGAGCCCAGAGT-3′	5′-TGACACACCACAAGGGCTTAGGAT-3′
α-Tubulin	5′-TGTGTCTTCCATCACTGCTTCCCT-3′	5′-AGCAGGCATTGGTGATCTCTGCTA-3′
Collagen type I	5′-TTCTCCTGGCAAAGACGGACTCAA-3′	5′-AGGAAGCTGAAGTCATAACCGCCA-3′
Collagen type III	5′-AGCTTTGTGCAAAGTGGAACCTGG-3′	5′-CAAGGTGGCTGCATCCCAATTCAT-3′
Osteopontin	5′-TCAGCTGGATGAACCAAGTCTGGA-3′	5′-ACTAGCTTGTCCTTGTGGCTGTGA-3′
Transforming growth factor-β	5′-GTGCGGCAGCTGTACATTGACTTT-3′	5′-TGTACTGTGTGTCCAGGCTCCAAA-3′
MMP-1	5′-TTACGGCTCATGAACTGGGTCACT-3′	5′-GGATGTGGTGTTGTTGCACCTGTT-3′
MMP-2	5′-TCTGGTGCTCCACCACATACAACT-3′	5′-CTGCATTGCCACCCATGGTAAACA-3′
MMP-3	5′-AGCTGAGGACTTTCCAGGTGTTGA-3′	5′-ACACAGGATGCCTTCCTTGGATCT-3′
MMP-9	5′-TGAACAAGGTGGACCATGAGGTGA-3′	5′-TAGAGACTTGCACTGCACGGTTGA-3′
GAPDH	5′-TGCATCCTGCACCACCAACTGCTT-3′	5′-ACAGCCTTGGCAGCACCAGTGGAT-3′

GEF, guaninine nucleotide exchange factor; ROCK, Rho-kinase; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase.