Table 1. Primers used in qRT-PCR.

Gene	Forward primer	Reverse primer
Human BMP2	5′-ATG TTC GCC TGA AAC AGA GAC CCA-3′	5′-CTT ACA GCT GGA CTT AAG GCG TTT C-3′
Human SMAD1	5′-CCG CCT GCT TAC CTG CCT CCT GAA-3′	5′-GAA CGC TTC GCC CAC ACG GTT GT-3′
Human RUNX2	5′-TCT TCA CAA ATC CTC CCC-3′	5′-TCT TCA CAA ATC CTC CCC-3′
Human ALP	5′-ACC TCG TTG ACA CCT GGA AG-3′	5′-CCA CCA TCT CGG AGA GTG AC-3′
Human COL1A1	5′-GGG CAA GAC AGT GAT TGA ATA-3′	5′-ACG TCG AAG CCG AAT TCC T-3′
Hsa-miR-451	5′-AAA CCG TTA CCA TTA CTG AGT T-3′	Universal adaptor PCR primer (GeneCopoeia)
Human GAPDH	5′-CGA AGT CAA CGG ATT TGG TCG TAT-3′	5′-AGC CTT CTC GGT GAA GAC-3′
Murine Ywhaz	5′-TGC AAC GAT GTA CTG TCT CTT TTG-3′	5′-CGG TAG TCA CCC TTC ATT TTC A-3′
Murine Runx2	5′-CCA GAA TGA TGG TGT TGA CG-3′	5′-GGT TGC AAG ATC ATG ACT AGG G-3′
Murine Alp	5′-ATG GGC GTC TCC ACA GTA AC-3′	5′-CTG AGT GGT GTT GCA TCG C-3′
Murine Col1a1	5′-TGG CAA AGA CGG ACT CAA C-3′	5′-GGC AGG AAG CTG AAG TCA TAA-3′
Mmu-miR-451	5′-AAA CCG TTA CCA TTA CTG AGT T-3′	Universal adaptor PCR primer (GeneCopoeia)
Murine Gapdh	5′-GCC AAA AGG GTC ATC TC-3′	5′-GTC TTC TGG GTG GCA GTG AT-3′