Table 1.

Primer Sequences and Products of Reverse Transcription–Polymerase Chain Reaction

Gene	Genebank#	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Size
α-SMA	NM_001141945	5′-CCAGCAGATGTGGATCAGCAAACA-3′	5′-ACGAGTCAGAGCTTTGGCTAGGAA-3′	179 bp
Collagen I α-2	NM_000089	5′-AACAAATAAGCCATCACGCCTGCC-3′	5′-TGAAACAGACTGGGCCAATGTCCA- 3′	101 bp
Collagen III α-1	NM_000090	5′-CCATTGCTGGGATTGGAGGTGAAA-3′	5′-TTCAGGTCTCTGCAGTTTCTAGCGG- 3′	187 bp
Fibronectin	NM_002026	5′-ACCTACGGATGACTCGTGCTTTGA-3′	5′-CAAAGCCTAAGCACTGGCACAACA-3′	116 bp
MMP1	NM_002421	5′-TGCAACTCTGACGTTGATCCCAGA-3′	5′-ACTGCACATGTGTTCTTGAGCTGC-3′	122 bp
MMP2	NM_004530	5′-AGAAGGATGGCAAGTACGGCT-3′	5′-AGTGGTGCAGCTGTCATAGGATGT-3′	128 bp
TIMP3	NM_000362	5′-TGATGCAGCACACACAATTCCC-3′	5′-AAGCTCTGTTATTCTGGCCTGGGT-3′	102 bp
TGFBRI	NM_004612	5′-TCAGTGCACCCTTGTTACTTGGGA-3′	5′-AAGCCCTGCAGAGACTTCATAGCA-3′	188 bp
TGFBRII	NM_001024847	5′-AGTGTGGGTGGGCTGAGAGTTAAA-3′	5′-ACCACTAGAGGTCAATGGGCAACA-3′	127 bp
β-Actin	NM_001101	5′-ACGTTGCTATCCAGGCTGTGCTAT-3′	5′-CTCGGTGAGGATCTTCATGAGGTAGT-3′	188 bp