Table 1. Primers used in q-PCR assays.
| Gene product | Primer | Primer sequence (5′-3′) | Amplicon length (bp) |
| 16S | F | CATTCATGTTTCGAATCATTTCAAA | 331 |
| R | GAAACACGGACACCCAAAGTA | ||
| Pro-collagen type I | F | TTCACCTACAGCACCCTTGTG | 66 |
| R | GATGACTGTCTTGCCCCAAGTT | ||
| α-SMA | F | GCTCTGCCTCTAGCACACAA | 150 |
| R | GCCAGGGCTACAAGTTAAGG | ||
| Gal-3 | F | GACCACTGACGGTGCCCTAT | 149 |
| R | GGGGTTAAAGTGGAAGGCAA | ||
| TGF-β1 | F | TGCGCTTGCAGAGATTAAAA | 82 |
| R | AGGTAACGCCAGGAATTGTTGCTA | ||
| IFN-γ | F | CTTGGATATCTGGAGGAACTGGC | 234 |
| R | GCGCTGGACCTGTGGGTTGTTGA | ||
| IL-4 | F | CATCGGCATTTTGAACGAGGTCA | 240 |
| R | CTTATCGATGAATCCAGGCATCG | ||
| IL-10 | F | CCAGTTTTACCTGGTAGAAGTGATG | 324 |
| R | TGTCTAGGTCCTGGAGTCCAGCAGACTCAA | ||
| IL-12 | F | ATGGCCATGTGGGAGCTGGAGAAAG | 225 |
| R | GTGGAGCAGCAGATGTGAGTGGCT | ||
| IL-13 | F | GACCAGACTCCCCTGTGCAA | 121 |
| R | TGGGTCCTGTAGATGGCATTG | ||
| IL-17 | F | ACCGCAATGAAGACCCTGAT | 83 |
| R | TCCCTCCGCATTGACACA | ||
| β-actin (DNA) | F | GGCTGTATTCCCCTCCATCG | 241 |
| R | CCAGTTGGTAACAATGCCATGT | ||
| β-actin (cDNA) | F | CGTCATCCATGGCGAACTG | 60 |
| R | GCTTCTTTGCAGCTCCTTCGT |