Table 2.

Primers used for the RT-PCR

Gene	PCR primer sequence	Product size (bp)
Actin	F 5′- GCG TGA CAT TAA GGA GAA GC -3′	174
	R 5′- AGG AAG GAA GGC TGG AAG A -3′
Wnt5a	F 5′- CCA CAC AAG ACC TGG TCT ACA TC -3′	172
	R 5′- GTC TGC ACG GTC TTG AAC TG -3′
VEGF	F 5′- TAC CTC CAC CAT GCC AAG T -3′	343
	R 5′- TGC ATT CAC ATT TGT TGT GC -3′
HGF	F 5′- TGC AGA GGG ACA AAG GAA AAG -3′	378
	R 5′- GAA CTC CAG GGC TGA CAT TTG -3′
TGFβ2	F 5′- AGG GTA CAA TGC CAA CTT CTG -3′	144
	R 5′- GGT TCT AAA TCT TGG GAC ACG -3′
Versican	F 5′- TGA CTG TGG ATG GGG TTG TG -3′	141
	R 5′- GCG TCA CAC TGC TCA AAT CC -3′
ALP	F 5′- CCA AGG ACG CTG GGA AAT CT -3′	172
	R 5′- TAT GCA TGA GCT GGT AGG CG -3′
POMC	F 5′- CCC CTA CAG GAT GGA GCA CT -3′	116
	R 5′- GGC GTT TTT GAA CAG CGT CA -3′