Table 1.

Primers used in real-time RT-PCR

Primer	GenBank entry	Orientation	Sequence	Product size
ARHA	NM_001664	Forward	5′-CAC GCC TCA GGC AAT TAG ACA-3′	140 bp
		Reverse	5′-TGG GAG GGA ACC TGG ATA CAG-3′
Calponin-1	NM_001299	Forward	5′-GAA CAT CGG CAA CTT CAT CA-3′	105 bp
		Reverse	5′-TGC ACC TGT GTA TGG TTG GT-3′
GAPDH	NM_002046	Forward	5′-GTC AGT GGT GGA CCT GAC CT-3′	123 bp
		Reverse	5′-ACC TGG TGC TCA GTG TAG CC-3′
ROCK1	NM_005406	Forward	5′-CCA AAA TCA CAA AGG CCA TGA-3′	116 bp
		Reverse	5′-TGT GGC ACT TAA CAT GGC ATC T-3′
Smoothelin	NM_134270	Forward	5′-TTG GAC AAG ATG CTG GAT CA-3′	95 bp
		Reverse	5′-CGC TGG TCT CTC TTC CTT TG-3′
SRF	NM_003131	Forward	5′-CTT CCT CTC CTT CCC ACA AAA G-3′	120 bp
		Reverse	5′-TCA CCT CAA CTC ATC CCT GAC A-3′