Table 1.
Primers used in qRT-PCR experiments
| Gene symbol |
Gene name | Accession number |
Forward sequence (5’→3’) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse sequence (5’→3’) | |||
|
| |||
| GAPDH | Glycarldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase | NM_002046.5 | AAGGTGAAGGTCGGAGTCAAC |
| GGGGTCATTGATGGCAACAATA | |||
|
| |||
| MMP1 | Matrix metallopeptidase 1 (interstitial collagenase) | NM_002421.3 | GGTGTGGTGTCTCACAGCTT |
| GTCCCGATGATCTCCCCTGA | |||
|
| |||
| MMP13 | Matrix metallopeptidase 13 (collagenase 3) | NM_002427.3 | CCCCAGGCATCACCATTCAA |
| CAGGTAGCGCTCTGCAAACT | |||
|
| |||
| MCP1 | Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 | NM_002982.3 | GCTCATAGCAGCCACCTTCATTC |
| GGACACTTGCTGCTGGTGATTC | |||
|
| |||
| IL6 | Interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2) | NM_000600.3 | ACTCACCTCTTCAGAACGAATTG |
| CCATCTTTGGAAGGTTCAGGTTG | |||
|
| |||
| IL8 | Interleukin 8 | NM_000584.3 | ACTGAGAGTGATTGAGAGTGGAC |
| AACCCTCTGCACCCAGTTTTC | |||
|
| |||
| VCAM1 | Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 | NM_001078.3 | CATGGAATTCGAACCCAAACA |
| GACCAAGACGGTTGTATCTCTGG | |||
|
| |||
| ACAN | Aggrecan | NM_001135.3 | CCCCTGCTATTTCATCGACCC |
| GACACACGGCTCCACTTGAT | |||
|
| |||
| SOX9 | SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9 | NM_000346.3 | AGCGAACGCACATCAAGAC |
| CTGTAGGCGATCTGTTGGGG | |||