Table 1.

Nucleotide sequences of the primers used for qRT–PCR

Species	Molecules	Forward primer (5′–3′)	Reverse primer (5′–3′)
Human	α-SMA	CCGACCGAATGCAGAAGGA	ACAGAGTATTTGCGCTCCG
	COL1A	TCTGGAGAGGCTGGTACTGC	GAGCACCAAGAAGACCCTGA
	COL4A1	CGGGTACCCAGGACTCATAG	GGACCTGCTTCACCCTTTTC
	FN	GCGAGAGTGCCCCTACTACA	GTTGGTGAATCGCAGGTCA
	FSP-1	CTTGCACACGCTGTTGCTAT	CGAGTACTTGTGGAAGGTGGA
	GAPDH	AGCCACATCGCTCAGACAC	GCCCAATACGACCAAATCC
	MMP2	ATAACCTGGATGCCGTCGT	AGGCACCCTTGAAGAAGTAGC
	MMP9	GAACCAATCTCACCGACAGG	GCCACCCGAGTGTAACCATA
	PAI-1	TCCAGCAGCTGAATTCCTG	GCTGGAGACATCTGCATCCT
	Vimentin	AGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAG	TGGGTATCAACCAGAGGGAG
Mouse	α-SMA	ACTCTCTTCCAGCCATCTTTCA	ATAGGTGGTTTCGTGGATGC
	β-actin	CAGCTGAGAGGGAAATCGTG	CGTTGCCAATAGTGATGACC
	COL1A	CATGTTCAGCTTTGTGGACCT	GCAGCTGACTTCAGGGATGT
	FN	CGGAGAGAGTGCCCCTACTA	CGATATTGGTGAATCGCAGA
	FSP-1	GGAGCTGCCTAGCTTCCTG	TCCTGGAAGTCAACTTCATTGTC
	MMP2	TAACCTGGATGCCGTCGT	TTCAGGTAATAAGCACCCTTGAA
	MMP9	ACGACATAGACGGCATCCA	GCTGTGGTTCAGTTGTGGTG
	Vimentin	CCAACCTTTTCTTCCCTGAA	TGAGTGGGTGTCAACCAGAG