Table 1.

Primer sequences for PCR used in this study.

Gene	Accession# (ref#)	Sequences (5′-3′)	Amplicon size (bp)
Opn5m	AB368182	Forward:5′-ACTTAAAAATCTGTCACTTGGCTTATG-3′	459
		Reverse:5′-TGAATCTCTGTGTGAAGATAAGGTGTA-3′
Opn5m	AB368182 ( [3])	Forward:5′-GGGCTGGCTTCTTCTTTGGCTGTGG-3′	128 for qPCR
		Reverse:5′-CAGGCAGATAAAGGCATGGTGT-3′
Gapdh	NM_204305.1	Forward: 5’ -GAGAAATATGACAAGTCCCTGAAAAT-3′	551
		Reverse: 5’ -CTGTATCCAAACTCATTGTCATACCAG-3′
Gapdh	NM_204305.1 ( [32])	Forward: 5’ -AGATGCAGGTGCTGAGTATGTTG-3′	71 for qPCR
		Reverse: 5’ -GATGAGCCCCAGCCTTCTC-3′
Egr1	AF026082 ( [33])	Forward: 5′-ACTAACTCGTCACATTCGCA-3′	241/ for qPCR
		Reverse: 5′-TGCTGAGACCGAAGCTGCCT-3′
Tgfb2	NM_001031045.2 ( [25])	Forward: 5′-GCTGCGTGTCCCAGGATTT-3′	60 for qPCR
		Reverse: 5′-TGGGTGTTTTGCCAATGTAGTAGA-3′
Mmp2	U07775 ( [26])	Forward: 5′-TGGTGTGCTTCTACCAGCAG-3′	122 for qPCR
		Reverse: 5′-GAGTGCTCTAATCCCATCGC-3′
Timp2	AF004664 ( [26])	Forward: 5′-GATGGAGAAGATCGTGGGCGG-3′	169 for qPCR
		Reverse: 5′-TGGGCTTTCCTACTGGCTACTG-3′
Actb	NM_205518.1 ( [34])	Forward: 5′-GCGCTCGTTGTTGACAAT -3′	151 for qPCR
		Reverse: 5′-CATCACCAACGTAGCTGTCTTT-3′