Table 1.

The sequences of the oligonucleotide primers for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) assays.

Gene	Primers Sequence	Amplicon Size (bp)	Accession Number
Col-I	Forward: 5′-CCTGAGTCAGCAGATTGAGAACA-3′	114	NM_007742
	Reverse: 5′-CCAGTACTCTCCGCTCTTCCA-3′
OC	Forward: 5′-CGCTCTGTCTCTCTGACCTC-3′	91	NM_001037939
	Reverse: 5′-CACTACCTTATTGCCCTCCTG-3′
OPN	Forward: 5′-CTTTCACTCCAATCGTCCCTAC-3′	99	NM_001204201
	Reverse: 5′-CAGAAACCTGGAAACTCCTAGAC-3′
ALP	Forward: 5′-GGGCATTGTGACTACCACTCG-3′	103	NM_001287172
	Reverse: 5′-CCTCTGGTGGCATCTCGTTAT-3′
Runx2	Forward: 5′-GACACTGCCACCTCTGACTT-3′	115	NM_001145920
	Reverse: 5′-GATGAAATGCTTGGGAACTG-3′
GAPDH	Forward: 5′-CATCAAGAAGGTGGTGAAGC-3′	198	NM_001289726
	Reverse: 5′-CCTGTTGCTGTAGCCGTATT-3′