Table 1.

Primers employed in quantitative real-time RT-PCR

Gene	Primer pairs	Amplicon	Accession number
Vimentin	F ∇ 5′- AGGCAAAGCAGGAGTCAAATGAG -3′ R ∇ 5′- TCCAGAGCCATCTTGACATTGAG -3′	250 bp	XM_002717420.1
Runx2	F ∇ 5′- GTCATGGCGGGTAACGATGA -3′ R ∇ 5′- CCCACAAATCTCAGATCGTTGAA -3′	101 bp	XM_002714704.1
SOX9	F ∇ 5′- AGTACCCGCACCTGCACAAC -3′ R ∇ 5′- TACTTGTAGTCCGGGTGGTCTTTC -3′	145 bp	XM_002719499.2
PPAR-γ3	F ∇ 5′- ACGACCAGGTGACTCTGCTCAA -3′ R ∇ 5′- CCACTGAGAATGATGACGGCTAT -3′	250 bp	NM_001082148.1
GAPDH	F ∇ 5′- GCACGGTCAAGGCTGAGAAC -3′ R ∇ 5′- GCCTTCTCCATGGTGGTGAA -3′	151 bp	NM_001082253.1
c-Met	F ∇ 5′- GCTGAAACCCAATAGTTGAGTTTGG -3′ R ∇ 5′- AGAGCGGATTTCCCTATGTTGAC -3′	201 bp	NM_001171040.1
p27	F ∇ 5′- CCTCCGAAGACGTCAGACGTA -3′ R ∇ 5′- GTGCTTATACAGGATGTCCATTCCA -3′	151 bp	DQ845181.1
Osterix	F ∇ 5′- CAAAGCAGGCACGAAGAAG -3′ R ∇ 5′- GCCCATTGGTGCTTGAAAAG -3′	101 bp	XM_002711016.1