Table 2.

Related antibodies and companies required in Western blot analysis.

Antibody name	Source company and catalog no.
Goat anti-rat MMP2	R&D Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. AF1488-SP
Goat anti-rat TIMP1	R&D Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. AF580-SP
mouse anti-rat β-actin	R&D Biotech Co., Ltd.; cat. no. MAB8929-SP
Mouse anti-rat MMP9	Novus Biologicals Inc.; cat. no. NBP2-13173SS
Mouse anti-rat TIMP2	Novus Biologicals Inc.; cat. no. NBP1-42375
Goat anti-mouse secondary antibodies	Boster Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (Wuhan, China); cat. no. BA1050
Rabbit anti-goat secondary antibodies	Boster Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (Wuhan, China); cat. no. BA1060

MMP2, matrix metalloproteinase 2; MMP9, matrix metalloproteinase 9; TIMP1, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1; TIMP2, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2.