Table 1.

Primer used for quantitative real-time PCR

Gene	Forward	Reverse
HO-1	acatcgacagccccaccaagttcaa	ctgacgaagtgacgccatctgtgag
PPARα	tgcaaacttggacttgaacg	tgatgtcacagaacggcttc
MTP	catgtcagccatcctgtttg	ctcgcgataccacagactga
αSMA	tcctccctggagaagagctac	tataggtggtttcgtggatgc
TGF-β	tgcgcttgcagagattaaaa	ctgccgtacaactccagtga
GAPDH	agaacatcatccctgcatcc	ttgtcattgagagcaatgcc

HO-1, heme oxygenase-1; PPARα, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha; MTP, microsomal triglyceride transfer protein; αSMA, alpha smooth muscle actin; TGF-β, transforming growth factor beta; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.