Table 3.

Sequences of primers applied in this study

Gene	Accession Number	Forward Primer (5′-3′)	Reverse Primer (5′3′)	Product Length, base pairs
COL1A1	NM_000088.3	ACATGTTCAGCTTTGTGGACC	TGTACGCAGGTGATTGGTGG	127
COL1A2	NM_000089.3	GGCTCTGCGACACAAGGAGT	CGGCTGGGCCCTTTCTTACA	147
COL3A1	NM_000090.3	GGTGTCCCAGGGAAAGATGG	CTCTCTCACCAGGGCTACCA	145
COL4A5	NM_000495.4	GGCCCCAAGGTCCTCCT	CTCCTTTCAAACCAGGCAAGC	156
COL5A1	NM_000093.4	ATCTTCCAAAGGCCCGGATG	AAATGCAGACGCAGGGTACA	91
COL6A3	NM_057164.4	AGGTTTGCTCAGGGGTTCATA	AGCCGCACCATTTTTGACAT	155
COL9A2	NM_001852.3	ATATAAAGGCATGGTGGGCG	CCTGGGGTCCACGAATACC	124
COL11A1	NM_001854.3	TAGCACAGACGGAGGCAAAC	GCCTAGGAGCTTCTGTCTGG	86
COL14A1	NM_021110.2	GTCGGGACCACACTTGACAG	TACCCGCAGGCTAGAAGTAGT	135
COL18A1	NM_030582.3	TCAGTGCCACCACCATCTTCA	GCATCTGGCCCAAAGACGTAG	136
MMP1	NM_002421.3	AGTCCAGAAATACCTGGAAAAATAC	TTTTTCAACCACTGGGCCAC	186
MMP2	NM_004530.4	CCGCAGTGACGGAAAGATGT	GCCACGAGGAACAGGCTGTA	102
MMP7	NM_002423.3	GAACGCTGGACGGATGGTAG	CAGAGGAATGTCCCATACCCA	93
MMP10	NM_002425.2	TCCAGGAGTTGAGCCTAAGGT	CGCCTAGCAATGTAACCAGC	148
MMP19	NM_002429.5	GCCCGTGGACTACCTGTCAC	TGTGGCATCATCCAGCTGAC	148
ADAM10	NM_001110.3	TGCCCAGATATCCAGTCATGTTA	ACGGAAAGGATTTGTAGGGTCC	145
ADAM17	NM_003183.4	CGTTGGGTCTGTCCTGGTTT	GCATTTCGACGTTACTGGGG	131
ADAM33	NM_025220.3	TGCTTGAGCTGGAGAAGAACC	GTGGCAATGATCCGTGTGGT	113
ADAMTS1	NM_006988.3	AAAGCGGAGACCGAAGACGA	GCGGTGACTGGACACAAATC	147
ADAMTS13	NM_139025.4	AGTTACCCCCAACCTGACCA	CATCTTCCCAGCCACGACAT	126
TIMP1	NM_003254.2	GCCTTCTGCAATTCCGACCT	TTGGAACCCTTTATACATCTTGGT	120
TIMP2	NM_003255.4	ATGCAGATGTAGTGATCAGGGC	TCTATATCCTTCTCAGGCCCTTTG	142
TIMP3	NM_000362.4	CTCCGACATCGTGATCCGGG	TGGATGTACTGCACATGGGG	138
TIMP4	NM_003256.3	TTTGACTCTTCCCTCTGTGGTG	TCCTCCCAGGGCTCGATGTA	128
β2M	NM_004048.2	TGGAGGCTATCCAGCGTACT	TGTCGGATGGATGAAACCCA	110