Table 1.

Rat primer sequences used for RT-qPCR amplifications.

Gene	Direction	Primer Sequence	Reference
Gapdh	Forward	5′-GGCACAGTCAAGGCTGAGAATG-3′	NM_017008.3 *
	Reverse	5′-ATGGTGGTGAAGACGCCAGTA-3′
Col1a1	Forward	5′-GACATGTTCAGCTTTGTGGACCC-3′	NM_053304 *
	Reverse	5′-AGGGACCCTTAGGCCATTGTGTA-3′
Col1a3	Forward	5′-TTTGGCACAGCAGTCCAATGTA-3′	NM_032085 *
	Reverse	5′-GACAGATCCCGAGTCGCAGA-3′
Tgf-β1	Forward	5′-CACCGGAGAGCCCTGGATA-3′	NM_021578 *
	Reverse	5′-TCCAACCCAGGTCCTTCCTA-3′
α-Sma	Forward	5′-ATCCTGACCCTGAAGTATCCGATA-3′	NM_031004 *
	Reverse	5′-CCACGCGAAGCTCGTTATAGA-3′
Smad3	Forward	5′-CGCATGAGCTTCGTCAAAGG-3′	NM_013095.3 *
	Reverse	5′-CCGATCCCTTTACTCCCAGTG-3′
Il-1β	Forward	5′-CACCTCTCAAGCAGAGCACAG-3′	M98820 *
	Reverse	5′-GGGTTCCATGGTGAAGTCAAC-3′
Il-6	Forward	5′-TCCTACCCCAACTTCCAATGCTC-3′	E02522 *
	Reverse	5′-TTGGATGGTCTTGGTCCTTAGCC-3′

* GenBank accession numbers