Table 1.

Primer Sequences and Products of Real-Time Polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)

Gene	GenBank#	Forward Primer	Reverse Primer	Size of PCR product
MMP1	NM_002421	5′-TGCAACTCTGACGTTGATCCCAGA-3′	5′-ACTGCACATGTGTTCTTGAGCTGC-3′	122bp
MMP2	NM_004530	5′-AGAAGGATGGCAAGTACGGCT-3′	5′-AGTGGTGCAGCTGTCATAGGATGT-3′	128bp
TIMP3	NM_000362	5′-TGATGCAGCACACACACAATTCCC-3′	5′-AAGCTCTGTTATTCTGGCCTGGGT-3′	102bp
Collagen I α-2	NM_000089	5′-AACAAATAAGCCATCACGCCTGCC-3′	5′-TGAAACAGACTGGGCCAATGTCCA- 3′	101bp
Collagen III α-1	NM_000090	5′-CCATTGCTGGGATTGGAGGTGAAA-3′	5′-TTCAGGTCTCTGCAGTTTCTAGCGG- 3′	187bp
Fibronectin	NM_002026	5′-ACCTACGGATGACTCGTGCTTTGA-3′	5′-CAAAGCCTAAGCACTGGCACAACA-3′	116bp
TNFR	NM_003842	5′-TGGAGTGCAATGGTGCAATCTTGG-3′	5′-ACCTGTGGTCCCAGCTATTTGGAT-3′	98bp
β-Actin	NM_001101	5′-ACGTTGCTATCCAGGCTGTGCTAT-3′	5′-CTCGGTGAGGATCTTCATGAGGTAGT-3′	188bp