Table 1.

The genes, primer sequence for sense (upper row) and anti-sense (lower row) strands references and GenBank accession numbers utilized for real-time PCR are shown

Gene	Primer sequence	Reference	GenBank accession No
ALPase	5′-TGACCTTCTCTCCTCCATCC-35′	[26]	NM_007431
	5′-CTTCCTGGGAGTCTCATCCT-3′
Osteocalcin	5′-TGCTTGTGACGAGCTATCAG-3′	[26]	NM_007541
	5′-GAGGACAGGGAGGATCAAGT-3′
Col II α1	5′-ACTGGTAAGTGGGGCAAGAC-3′	[26]	NM_031163
	5′-CCACACCAAATTCCTGTTCA-3′
Aggrecan	5′-AGGACCTGGTAGTGCGAGTG-3′	[27]	NM_007424
	5′-GCGTGTGGCGAAGAA-3′
β-actin	5′-AGATGTGGATCAGCAAGCAG-3′	[26]	NM_007393
	5′-GCGCAAGTTAGGTTTTGTC-3′