Table 1.

Primers Used for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Gene symbol	Primer sequence	Length of amplicon (bp)
ACAN	5′ AGGCAGCGTGATCCTTACC 3′	136
	5′ GGCCTCTCCAGTCTCATTCTC 3′
COL1A1	5′ GTCACCCACCGACCAAGAAACC 3′	121
	5′ AAGTCCAGGCTGTCCAGGGATG 3′
COL2A1	5′ CGTCCAGATGACCTTCCTACG 3′	122
	5′ TGAGCAGGGCCTTCTTGAG 3′
COL10A1	5′ GCAACTAAGGGCCTCAATGG 3′	129
	5′ CTCAGGCATGACTGCTTGAC 3′
SOX9	5′ TGGGCAAGCTCTGGAGACTTC 3′	98
	5′ ATCCGGGTGGTCCTTCTTGTG 3′
FRZB	5′ ACGGGACACTGTCAACCTCT 3′	155
	5′ CGAGTCGATCCTTCCACTTC 3′
GAPDH	5′ CGCTCTCTGCTCCTCCTGTT 3′	101
	5′ CCATGGTGTCTGAGCGATGT 3′
B2M	5′ GACTTGTCTTTCAGCAAGGA 3′	106
	5′ ACAAAGTCACATGGTTCACA 3′