Table 1.

Primers used in this study.

Assay ID	Reporter Dye	Context Sequence	Gene Symbol	Gene Name	Species	NCBI Gene Reference
Mm00545794_m1	FAM	5′-CTCAGAAGAAGTTCCAGACCATGAC-3′	Acan	aggrecan	Mus musculus	NM_007424.2 L07049.1
Mm00476090_m1	FAM	5′-TCTACTGCTTCCGAGACTCTGCCCA-3′	Bcan	brevican	Mus musculus	NM_007529.2 NM_001109758.1 X87096.1 BC052032.1 AK144405.1
Mm00484007_m1	FAM	5′-AGGAAGATCCCACAGATCCCTGCGA-3′	Ncan	neurocan	Mus musculus	NM_007789.3 X84727.1 BC065118.1
Mm01283063_m1	FAM	5′-CACTGGCTGTGGATGGTGTTGTGTT-3′	Vcan	versican	Mus musculus	NM_172955.1 NM_001134474.1 NM_001134475.1 NM_019389.2 NM_001081249.1 D28599.1 D32040.1 D16263.1 BC021652.1 AK014525.1 AK034871.1 BC096495.1 AK135324.1 AK163927.1 AK165069.1
Mm00478484_m1	FAM	5′-GTCCTACACAGGAGCACTAAATCAA-3′	Ptprz1 (Pcan)	protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type Z, polypeptide 1 (Phosphacan)	Mus musculus	NM_001081306.1 AJ133130.1 AK081698.1 BC157965.1 BC151071.1
Mm01179833_m1	FAM	5′-AAGGAGGTGCTCGTAGCCGTGATCG-3′	Sdc3	syndecan 3	Mus musculus	NM_011520.3 BC054795.1 AK129153.1 BC062093.1 AK150120.1 AK155127.1
Mm99999915_g1	FAM	5′-GGTGTGAACGGATTTGGCCGTATTG-3′	Gapdh	glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase	Mus musculus	NM_008084.2 M32599.1 BC082592.1 BC083079.1 BC083080.1 BC083065.1 BC083149.1 BC085315.1 BC085274.1 BC085275.1 AK191938.1 AK192040.1 AK201736.1 BC091768.1 BC092252.1 BC092264.1 BC092294.1 BC093508.1 BU5