Table 1.

Primers and probes of the genes studied

Gene	GenBank (Accession number)	Applied Biosystems ID	Dye
18S rRNA	--	FG 18S RNA	VIC
TGF-β	NM000660	HS00171257_m1	FAM
Col I	NM000089	Hs00164099_m1	FAM
Col III	NM000090	Hs00164103_m1	FAM
Col IV	NM_001845	Hs00266237_m1	FAM
PAI-1	NM_000602	Hs00167155_m1	FAM
Smad7	NM005904	Hs00178696_m1	FAM