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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Sports Med. 2016 Oct 1;45(1):114–120. doi: 10.1177/0363546516664889

Table 1.

Primers for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

Gene symbol Gene name Forward Reverse
IL1A Interleukin 1 alpha 5′-TGCCTGAGATACCCAAAACC-3′ 5′-AACAAGTTTGGATGGGCAAC-3′
IL1B Interleukin 1 beta 5′-TCCAGGAGAATGACCTGAGC-3′ 5′-GTGATCGTACAGGTGCATCG-3′
IL6 Interleukin 6 5′-ATGAAGGAGAACTTGCCTGGTG-3′ 5′-TGCAGGAACTGGATCAGGAC-3′
TNFA Tumor necrosis factor alpha 5′-AACCTCCTCTCTGCCATCCA-3′ 5′-CCAAAGTAGACCTGCCCAGA-3′
ADAMTS4 A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 4 5′-GAAGGTGCAGTTTTGCCAAG-3′ 5′-TGTGGTCCACTCTCAATCACTC-3′
ADAMTS5 A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5 5′-GCAACCAGTTCTGCATCA-3′ 5′-TGGCTGCTCGTCTCAAAGTA-3′
BMP2 Bone morphogenetic protein 2 5′-GTCCTCTCTGCACCACTTGC-3′ 5′-GGAAGATGACACTGGGCTTG-3′
MMP1 Matrix metalloproteinase 1 5′-GGGAATTCACCCCAAGAAC-3′ 5′-GATGCAGGATTGAGGCAAG-3′
MMP3 Matrix metalloproteinase 3 5′-ACCGAAGTCATAGCCACACTC-3′ 5′-GGTGCCTCCCCTTGTTCAGTA-3′
MMP9 Matrix metalloproteinase 9 5′-GTTTACGCGTTACGCTGAGAG-3′ 5′-ACTTCCACCTTGGAGCACTG-3′
MMP13 Matrix metalloproteinase 13 5′-TTTATTGTGGGCTTCACACG-3′ 5′-GATTTGCGCACACAGACAAC-3′
IL8 Interleukin 8 5′-GGCTAAAGCGCTACCTGCTA-3′ 5′-GAGTCACACCACCAAGCTGACA-3′
CCL3 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3 5′-TACTTGGCCTCTCCCATGAC-3′ 5′-CTGTGATGGTGGCTGAAGTG-3′
CCL3L1 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3-like 1 5′-AGGTCTCTGAGGGTCAAGCA-3′ 5′-CTGGTTGAAAGCATGAGCA-3′
CXCL1 Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 5′-TGCTTTGTCCTTTGATGCTG-3′ 5′-GGAAGAGATGGCCAAAATGA-3′
CXCL3 Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 3 5′-CATCGTCATCCAGTTTGGTG-3′ 5′-AGGGACCACAACTCGTCATC-3′
CXCL6 Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 6 5′-TGGTCCAGGAGATGAAGACC-3′ 5′-TCCTCGGAGACTGGTAATGG-3′
CCL20 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 20 5′-CTTCTAGCGTTGCTGCTTCC-3′ 5′-CAACTCGAACTCGCTCAGGA-3′
COL1A1 Collagen type 1, A1 5′-GTGCTAAAGGTGCCAATGGT-3′ 5′-ACCAGGTTCACCGCTGTTAC-3′
COL2A1 Collagen type 2, A1 5′-CCCAGAGGTGACAAAGGAGA-3′ 5′-CACCTTGGTCTCCAGAAGGA-3′
ACAN Aggrecan 5′-GGCACTAGTCAACCCTTTGG-3′ 5′-CTGAACCCTGGTAACCCTGA-3′
NFkB1A Nuclear factor kappa B1 A 5′-GAACAGCCTTGCATCTAGCC-3′ 5′-TTTTCAGCATGGATGTCAGC-3′
NFkB2 Nuclear factor kappa B2 5′-TACACCTTGCCTGTGAGCAG-3′ 5′-TAGCCTTCAGGATGGAGTGG-3′
IkBA Inhibitory kappa B A 5′-GATCCGCCAGGTGAAGGG-3′ 5′-GCAATTTCTGGCTGGTTGG-3′
ADIPOQ Adiponectin 5′-GTGATGGCAGAGATGGCAC-3′ 5′-CGATGTCTCCCTTAGGACCAA-3′
APLN Apelin 5′-CAGGGAGGTCGGAGGAAAT-3′ 5′-ACCAATCTATGGAGGAGACATAACC-3′
LEP Leptin 5′-GGATTCTTGTGGCTTTGGC-3′ 5′-CTTTCTGTTTGGAGGAGACTGACT-3′
RETN Resistin 5′-TGGAAGAAGCCATCAATGAGAGG-3′ 5′-CGCACTGGCAGTGACATGTG-3′
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase 5′-ACCAGAAGACTGTGGATGG-3′ 5′-GAGGCAGGGATGATGATGTTCTG-3′