Table 1.

Analysed genes and information about sequences of primers, product size and used probes for real-time PCR

Gene description	Gene name	Primer left (5′–3′)	Primer right (5′–3′)	Product size (bp)	UPL probe
Glyceraldehyd-3-phosphate dehydrogenase	GAPDH	gctctctgctcctcctgttc	acgaccaaatccgttgactc	115	# 60
Aggrecan	ACAN	tgcagctgtcactgtagaaactt	atagcaggggatggtgagg	112	# 79
Collagen, type I, alpha 1	COL1A1	atgttcagctttgtggacctc	ctgtacgcaggtgattggtg	126	# 15
Collagen, type II, alpha 1	COL2A1	ccctggtcttggtggaaac	tccttgcattactcccaactg	88	# 19
Fatty acid binding protein 4	FABP4	cctttaaaaatactgagatttccttca	ggacacccccatctaaggtt	105	# 72