Table 2.

Primer sequences

Gene	Forward	Reverse
TG2	5’AGAGGAGCGGCAGGAGTATG 3’	5’AGGATCCCATCTTCAAACTGC 3’
GAPDH	5’TCAAGGGCATCCTGGGCTAC 3’	5’CGTCAAAGGTGGAGGAGTGG 3’
POLR2F	5’GAACTCAAGGCCCGAAAG 3’	5’TGATGATGAGCTCGTCCAC 3’
IL-1β	5’TACAGCTGGAGAGTGTAGATC 3’	5’CAAATTCCAGCTTGTTATTG 3’
TNF-α	5’CCCAGGCAGTCAGATCATCTTC 3’	5’CTCTCAGCTCCACGCCATTG 3’
IL-1ra	5’TCATCCGCTCAGACAGTGGC 3’	5’AGCTTCCATCGCTGTGCAGA 3’
TGF-β1	5’CTTTCCTGCTTCTCATGGCC 3’	5’CCGTGGAGCTGAAGCAATAG 3’
β1 integrin	5’TGTGGAGGAAATGGTGTTTGC 3’	5’TCTGTCCGTTGCTGGCTTCA 3’
β3 integrin	5’CAATGCCACCTGCCTCAACA 3’	5’GAGTCTTCATAGTACTGGAATC 3’
MMP-2	5’AAGGCCAAGTGGTCCGTGTG 3’	5’GTGCAGCTGTTGTACTCCTTGC 3’

TG2 Transglutaminase 2, GAPDH glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-dehydrogenase, POLR2F polymerase (RNA) II polypeptide F, IL-1β interleukin-1β, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α, IL-1ra interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, TGF-β transforming growth factor-β1, MMP-2 matrix metalloproteinase s2