Table 1. Sequence of human (h) and murine (m) primers used for quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and their National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) accession numbers.

Primer	Sequence	NCBI Accession number
(h)Alb	Forward: 5′- CCTTGGTGTTGATTGCCTTTGCTC -3′	NM_000477
	Reverse: 5′- CATCACATCAACCTCTGGTCTCACC -3′
(h)AFP	Forward: 5′-TGAAATGACTCCAGTAAACCC-3′	NM_001134
	Reverse: 5′- AATGAGAAACTCTTGCTTCATC-3′
(m)α-SMA	Forward: 5′- TGACCCAGATTATGTTTGA- 3′	NM_007392
	Reverse: 5′- GCTGTTATAGGTGGTTTCG- 3′
(m)Col-I	Forward: 5′- CCTGGCAAAGACGGACTCAAC -3′	NM_007742
	Reverse: 5′- GCTGAAGTCATAACCGCCACTG -3′
(m)IL-13	Forward: 5′- AGCCCTGGATTCCCTGAC- 3′	NM_008355
	Reverse: 5′- GCTGAGACCCTGAGCACTAG- 3′
(m)β-actin	Forward: 5′- CTGTCCCTGTATGCCTCTG- 3′	NM_007393
	Reverse: 5′- ATGTCACGCACGATTTCC- 3′

Abbreviations: Alb, Albumin; AFP, Alpha fetoprotein; α-SMA, Alpha smooth muscle actin; Col-I, Collagen-I; IL-13, Interleukin-13.