Table 1.

Sequence of the murine primers used for real-time PCR

Gene	Primer	Sequence
Collagen-1	Forward	5′-GGTATGCTTGATCTGTATCTGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-AGTCCAGTTCTTCATTGCATT-3′
TGF-β	Forward	5′-CTCCACCTGCAAGACCAT-3′
	Reverse	5′-CTTAGTTTGGACAGGATCTGG-3′
MMP-2	Forward	5′-TTGAGAAGGATGGCAAGTAT-3′
	Reverse	5′-ATGGTAAACAAGGCTTCATG-3′
TIMP-1	Forward	5′-TTCCAGTAAGGCCTGTAGC-3′
	Reverse	5′-TTATGACCAGGTCCGAGTT-3′
18S rRNA	Forward	5′-CGGCTACCACATCCAAGGAA-3′
	Reverse	5′-GCTGGAATTACCGCGGCT-3′