Table 2.

Genes studied and probes used in the in vitro qRT-PCR experiments.

Target	NCBI Reference sequence	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Product length
hIL-6	NM_000600.4	5′-AAA GAG GCA CTG GCA GAA AA-3′	5′-TTT CAC CAG GCA AGT CTC CT-3′	99 bp
hIL-1β	NM_000576.2	5′-ATG CAC CTG TAC GAT CAC TGA-3′	5′-ACA AAG GAC ATG GAG AAC ACC-3′	142 bp
hNF-κB (p65/RelA)	NM_021975.3	5′-AAT GGC TCG TCT GTA GTG C-3′	5′-TGC TCA ATG ATC TCC ACA TAG G-3′	145 bp
hTNF-α	NM_000594.3	5′-ACT TTG GAG TGA TCG GCC-3′	5′-GCT TGA GGG TTT GCT ACA AC-3′	139 bp
hα-SMA (Acta2)	NM_001141945.2	5′-CTG AGC GTG GCT ATT CCT TC-3′	5′-GCA GTG GCC ATC TCA TTT TC-3′	109 bp
hPDGF-β receptor	NM_002609.3	5′-GGC TAC ATG GAC ATG AGC AA-3′	5′-TCG GCA GGT CCT CTC AG-3′	150 bp
hSMAD3 (MADH3)	NM_005902.3	5′-GGA GAA ATG GTG CGA GAA GG-3′	5′-GAA GGC GAA CTC ACA CAG C-3′	259 bp
hTGF-β1	NM_000660.6	5′-TGA ACC GGC CTT TCC TGC TTC TCA TG-3′	5′-GCG GAA GTC AAT GTA CAG CTG CCG C-3′	152 bp
hPPAR-γ	NM_138712.3	5′-GCT GGC CTC CTT GAT GAA TA-3′	5′-TTG GGC TCC ATA AAG TCA CC-3′	114 bp
c-Myc	NM_002467.5	5′-TCA AGA GGC GAA CAC ACA AC-3′	5′-GGC CTT TTC ATT GTT TTC CA-3′	110 bp
hβ-actin (ACTB)	NM_001101.4	5′-GGA GAA TGG CCC AGT CCT C-3′	5′-GGG CAC GAA GGC TCA TCA T-3′	145 bp