Table 1.

Murine Primers Used for Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Gene	Forward (5′–3′)	Reverse (5′–3′)	Reference
GAPDH	ATTGTGTCCGTCGTGGATCTGA	AGATGCCTGCTTCACCACCTTCTT	NM_001289726.1, exons 5–6
Scleraxis	GACGGCGGCGAGAACAC	CACGGTCTTTGCTCAACTTTCTCT	NM_198885.3, exons 1–2
Tenomodulin	GGCCTTAACTCTAATTGTCCTGTTTT	CTCGCCGTTGCTGTAGAAAGT	NM_022322.2, exons 2–3
Collagen type Iα1	ATGTTCAGCTTTGTGGACCT	CAGCTGACTTCAGGGATGT	NM_007742.4, exons 1–2
Collagen type IIIα1	CACCCTTCTTCATCCCACTCTTA	TCTAGACTCATAGGACTGACCAAGGT	NM_009930.2, exons 1–2
Decorin	TCGAGTGGTGCAGTGTTCTGA	TTGCAGGTCTAGCAAGGTTGTGTC	NM_001190451.2, exons 2–3
Tenascin-C	CCACCTAGTACTGATTTCATTGTCT	CCGTCTGGAGTGGCATCTG	NM_011607.3, exons 14–15
Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein	TCCAAGAAGAATGACGATCAGAAA	CGTATTCGGTCGCCATCTATG	NM_016685.2, exons 10–11
Thrombospondin-4	CACCCCAGGTCTTTGATCTTCT	GAAGGTGGAGATGAGATAGACTTCGT	NM_011582.3, exons 1–2
MMP-2	TCACATACAGGATCATTGGTTACACA	GGCCCGAGCAAAAGCAT	NM_198885.3, exons 2–3
MMP-13	CAGTTCCAAAGGCTACAACTTGTTT	GTCCTTGGAGTGATCCAGACCTA	NM_008607.2, exons 4–5
Alkaline phosphatase	CTTGACTGTGGTTACTGCTGATCA	GCCAGACCAAAGATGGAGTTG	NM_007431.2, exons 4–5
Osteocalcin	CTGGCTGCGCTCTGTCTCT	GACATGAAGGCTTTGTCAGACTCA	NM_007541.2, exons 2–3
Collagen type IIα1	AAGTCACTGAACAACCAGATTGAGA	AAGTGCGAGCAGGGTTCTTG	NM_031163.3, exon 51
Aggrecan	GCATGAGAGAGGCGAATGGA	GCTGATCTCGTAGCGATCTTTCTT	NM_007424.2, exons 15–16

GAPDH, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; MMP, matrix metalloproteinases.