Table 3.

qRT-PCR Primer.

Gene	Accession No.	Primer Sequence	Size (bp)
18S RNA	NM_022551	Forward: 5′-CGGAAAATAGCCTTTGCCATC-3′	107
		Reverse: 5′-AGTTCTCCCGCCCTCTTGGT-3′
MMP-1	NM_002421.3	Forward: 5′-CACGCCAGATTTGCCAAGAG-3′	148
		Reverse: 5′-GTCCCGATGATCTCCCCTGA-3′
MMP-2	NM_004530	Forward: 5′-TGGATGATGCCTTTGCTCGT-3′	156
		Reverse: 5′-CCAGGAGTCCGTCCTTACCG-3′
MMP-3	NM_002422.3	Forward: 5′-TGGGCCAGGGATTAATGGAG-3′	104
		Reverse: 5′-GGCCAATTTCATGAGCAGCA-3′
MMP-9	NM_004994.2	Forward: 5′-GGGACGCAGACATCGTCATC-3′	150
		Reverse: 5′-GGGACCACAACTCGTCATCG-3′
MMP-10	NM_002425	Forward: 5′-CCACCTGGACCTGGGCTTTA-3′	192
		Reverse: 5′-GAACTGGGCGAGCTCTGTGA-3′
MMP-13	NM_002427.3	Forward: 5′-CCTTCCCAGTGGTGGTGATG-3′	144
		Reverse: 5′-CGGAGCCTCTCAGTCATGGA-3′
TIMP-1	NM_003254.2	Forward: 5′-TTGGCTGTGAGGAATGCACA-3′	128
		Reverse: 5′-AAGGTGACGGGACTGGAAGC-3′
TIMP-2	NM_003255.4	Forward: 5′-CCTGAGCACCACCCAGAAGA-3′	123
		Reverse: 5′-TCCATCCAGAGGCACTCGTC-3′
TIMP-3	NM_000362.4	Forward: 5′-CCGAGGCTTCACCAAGATGC-3′	140
		Reverse: 5′-GCCATCATAGACGCGACCTG-3′
TIMP-4	NM_003256.3	Forward: 5′-GAAGCCAACAGCCAGAAGCA-3′	120
		Reverse: 5′-TTCCCTCTGCACCAAGGACA-3′