Table 1.

Primers used for RT-PCR

Gene	Primer sequence	Accession number	Amplicon (bp)
18S	5′-GTA ACC CGT TGA ACC CCA TT-3′ 5′-CCA TCC AAT CGG TAG TAG CG-3′	NR_003286.2	151
SOX9	5′-GTA CCC GCA CTT GCA CAA C-3′ 5′- TCT CGC TCT CGT TCA GAA GTC-3′	NM_000346.3	74
Collagen 2A	5′- GGGAGTAATGCAAGGACCA-3′ 5′- ATCATCACCAGGCTTTCCAG-3′	NM_001844.4	175
Aggrecan	5′-GCC TGC GCT CCA ATG ACT-3′ 5′-ATG GAA CAC GAT GCC TTT CAC-3′	NM_013227.3	104
Collagen A1	5′-CCC CTG GAA AGA ATG GAG ATG-3′ 5′-TCC AAA CCA CTG AAA CCT CTG-3′	NM_000088.3	148
MMP13	5′-TCA CCA ATT CCT GGG AAG TCT-3′ 5′-TCA GGA AAC CAG GTC TGG AG-3′	NM_002427.3	95
Collagen 10	5′-ACG CTG AAC GAT ACC AAA TG-3′ 5′-TGC TAT ACC TTT ACT CTT TAT GGT GTA-3′	NM_000493.3	101
p53	5′-GGCCCACTTCACCGTACTAA-3′ 5′-GTGGTTTCAAGGCCAGATGT-3′	NM_000546	156
BAX	5′-TTTGCTTCAGGGTTTCATCC-3′ 5′-CAGTTGAAGTTGCCGTCAGA-3′	NM_001291428.1	246