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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Orthop. 2008 Feb;79(1):116–125. doi: 10.1080/17453670710014860

Table.

Primary antibodies used in western blot

Monoclonal antibody to: Host Company
α-SMA Mouse Sigma
GAPDH Mouse Chemicon
MMP-1 Mouse Lab Vision
MMP-13 Mouse Lab Vision
TIMP-1 Mouse Lab Vision
collagen I Mouse Lab Vision
collagen III Mouse Sigma
TGF-β1 Mouse Sigma

α-SMA: α-smooth muscle actin;

GAPDH: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase;

MMP: matrix metalloproteinase;

TIMP: tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase;

TGF- β1: transforming growth factor- β1.