. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Vet Cardiol. 2012 Mar 3;14(1):211–221. doi: 10.1016/j.jvc.2012.02.006

Table 1.

Primers for canine genes encoding proteins associated with myofibroblast phenotype (ACTA2, TGFβ3), fibroblast phenoptype (vimentin), and housekeeping gene (GAPDH) used in this study.

Gene	Primer Sequence	Product Length (bp)

GAPDH	5’-TGGCAAAGTGGATATTGTCG-3’	149
GAPDH	3’-AGATGGACTTCCCGTTGATG-5’	149

Vimentin	5’-TGGCAAAGTGGATATTGTCG-3’	150
Vimentin	3’-AGATGGACTTCCCGTTGATG-5’	150

ACTA2	5’-CCCAGACATCAGGGAGTGAT-3’	141
ACTA2	3’-CTTTTCCATGTCGTCCCAGT-5’	141

TGFβ3	5’-CTTGCACCACCTTGGACTTT-3’	148
TGFβ3	3’-CTGTTGTAAAGGGCCAGGAC-5’	148