Table 1.

Primer sequence for real-time PCR.

Name	Length	Tm	Sequences	Gene ID
mmp13 forward	175	57.6	5′-CCTTCTGGTCTTCTGGCTCAC-3′	NM_001082037.1
mmp13 reverse			5′-AGTGCTCCTGGGTCCTTGG-3′
mmp1 forward	199	55.2	5′-TGGAGTGCCTGATGTG-3′	NM_001171139.1
mmp1 reverse			5′-CTTGACCCTTGGAGACTTTGG-3′
collagen-II forward	60	55	5′-ACAGCAGGTTCACCTATAC −3′	XM_002723439.3
collagen-II reverse			5′-CCCACTTACCGGTGTT −3′
aggrecan forward	176	60	5′-AGGATGGCTTCCACCAGTGC −3′	XM_008251723.2
aggrecan reverse			5′-TGCGTAAAAGACCTCACCCTCC-3′
interleukin-6 forward	148	53.1	5′-CGGCGGTGAATAATGAGAC −3′	NM_001082064.2
interleukin-6 reverse			5′-ATCAGGTGTTGGATGTTCTTC −3′
cox-2 forward	106	55	5′-AACTCCCAATCCGCATGCTA −3′	NP_007552.1
cox-2 reverse			5′-GCTTGATTTAAGCGTCCGGG −3′
18s forward	167	55	5′-ATCAGATACCGTCGTAGTTC −3′	NR_033238.1
18s reverse			5″-TTCCGTCAATTCCTTTAAG-3″