Table 1.

Primers sequences employed for quantitative PCR

Species	Gene	ID	Forward (5′ - 3′)	Reverse (3′ - 5′)
Human	GAPDH	2597	GGCACCGTCAAGGCTGAGAAC	CAGGTACGGTAGTGACGGTGG
	MMP-3	4314	CGGTTCCGCCTGTCTCAAGATG	GAGAAGGAAGTCCGCACCTACG
	MMP-9	4318	GAATGGCATCCGGCACCTCTATG	GGAAGGAATAGCGGCTGTTCACC
	TIMP-1	7076	TGGCTTCTGGCATCCTGTTGTTG	CCTCTCACAGACGCCTATGAAGGT
Rat	GAPDH	24,383	GTCCATGCCATCACTGCCACTC	GTTCTTCCACCACTTCGTCCGC
	MMP-3	171,045	GGGAAGCTGGACTCGAACACT	GGATAAGGACCAACGACGAGT
	MMP-9	81,687	CAAACCCTGCGT ATTTCCATT	CGTTGAGCCGTCCTCTCTACA
	TIMP-1	116,510	TTTGCATCTCTGGCCTCTG	CGCAATACTCTAGTTCTAC