Table 2.

Primer sequences

Gene	Primer	Sequence
TGF‐β1	F	5′‐GTGACAGCAGGGATAACACACTG‐3′
	R	5′‐CATGAATGGTGGCCAGGTC‐3′
Smad3	F	5′‐TCCTGGCTACCTGAGTGAAGA‐3′
	R	5′‐GTTGGGAGACTGGACGAAAA‐3′
α‐SMA	F	5′‐CATCATGCGTCTGGATCTGG‐3′
	R	5′‐GGACAATCTCACGCTCAGCA‐3′
Col‐1	F	5′‐CCCGGGTTTCAGAGACAACTTC‐3′
	R	5′‐TCCACATGCTTTATTCCAGCAATC‐3′
β‐Actin	F	5′‐TGAAGTACCCCATCGAGCACG‐3′
	R	5′‐CAAACATGATCTGGGTCATCTTCT‐3′
miR‐29b	RT primer	5′‐GTCGTATCCAGTGCAGGGTCCGAGGTATTCGCACTGGATACGACAACACTGATT‐3′
	F	5′‐GCGCGCTAGCACCATTTG‐3′
	R	5′‐CAGTGCAGGGTCCGAGGT‐3′
Primary miR‐29a/b1 exon 1	F	5′‐TACTGAACTGTCACGGCAGA‐3′
	R	5′‐TGTAGTTAGCGACCTCTGCT‐3′
Primary miR‐29a/b1 exon 4	F	5′‐TTGCACCCTCACGACATGCT‐3′
	R	5′‐TGACTCTCAGCAGGCCTCA‐3′
Primary miR‐29b2/c exon 1	F	5′‐ACTTCTTTAGGGGTGTGCGTA‐3′
	R	5′‐ACCCATCTCCCTAGCATTCT‐3′
Primary miR‐29b2/c exon 6	F	5′‐TCAGACTTGCCACCTGGACT‐3′
	R	5′‐AGTTGGCATGAGGCTTCGA‐3′
U6	RT primer	5′‐AACGCTTCACGAATTTGCGT‐3′
	U6‐F	5′‐CTCGCTTCGGCAGCACA‐3′
	U6‐R	5′‐AACGCTTCACGAATTTGCGT‐3′