Supplementary Table (online only).
Primer sequences for reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
| Gene | Forward primer | Reverse primer |
|---|---|---|
| Elastin | AAAGCCTGGGAAAGTTCCTG | TACACCTGGAAGACCAACAC |
| Col I | ATGGATTCCCGTTCGAGTACG | TCAGCTGGATAGCGACATCG |
| Col III | CACCCTTCTTCATCCCACTCTTA | ACCAAGGTGGCTGCATCC |
| Vimentin | CGGAAAGTGGAATCCTTGCA | CACATCGATCTGGACATGGCTGT |
| aSMA | ACTGGGACGACATGGAAAAG | GTTCAGTGGTGCCTCTGTCA |
| MMP2 | CTGATAACCTGGATGCCGTCGT | TGCTTCCAAACTTCACGCTCTT |
| MMP9 | GTCTCGGGAAGGCTCTGCTGTT | CTCTGGGGATCCACCTTCTGAG |
| FXIII-A | TGCTGGTGTCTTTAACACATTTTTAA | TGGGCCGAGAATGAATTGGT |
| TG1 | TTCGCTACCCGTACCGTCA | CTTCATCCAGCAGTCGTT |
| TG2 | ATTGGCAGRGRGGACATTC | TCGTGGGCGGAGTTGTA |
| TG3 | AAGAAGCTGACCATGAGTGCTTT | TGCGCCCTTCGATTCATAG |
| TG4 | CCCATCTATTTGACCATAACTTGAA | GCGAGAAACACCCTTGATT |
| TG5 | AGGCAGGATTCTGGAGAATATG | GGGCCACAGCCACAGCAGTAGAG |
| TG6 | TCCGAGTCAAT GTGAGCG | GTCTTCTGTCAGGTCTCCTTTGTA |
| TG7 | ATGTGCACGGTAATGAGATGCT | TGTGTGCAGAATGGAAATTGG |
| CD163 | ATGGGTGGACACAGAATGGTT | CAGGAGCGTTAGTGACAGCAG |
| tPA | CAACAGCGGCCTGGTACAA | CCCCATTGAAGCATCTTGGTT |
| uPA | GAAACCCTACAATGCCCACAGA | GACAAACTGCCTTAGGCCAATC |
| PAI-1 | ACGGTGATGCGATATAATGTAAACG | CATTCCTGAGAACACAGCATTG |
| Fibrillin 1 | CCTGTGCTATGATGGGTTCA | AGGTCCCACTAAGGCAGATG |
| Fibrillin 2 | CCACTCCTATTGCTGCCCAG | TTGGGGCGGGAACAGAATC |
| MT-MMP | CCCAAGGCAGCAACTTCA | CAATGGCAGCTGAGAGTGAC |
| HO-1 | AACAAGCAGAACCCAGTCTATG | TGAGCAGGAAGGCGGTCTTA |
| MMP12 | GCTAGAAGCAACTGGGCAAC | ACCGCTTCATCCATCTTGAC |
| TIMP1 | GTGGGAAATGCCGCAGCAGAT | GGGCATATCCACAGAGGCTTT |
| TIMP2 | CCAGAAGAAGAGCCTGAACCA | GTCCATCCAGAGGCACTCATC |
| TGFB | CACCGGAGAGCCCTGGATA | TGTACAGCTGCCGCACACA |
| B-Actin | CGTGAAAAGATGACCCAGATCA | TCGTACGACCAGAGGCATACAG |
| RPL32 | AAAATTAAGCGAAACTGGCGG | TGTTGCTCCCATAACCGATG |
Except for mouse factor XIII-A, primers to mouse transglutaminases were as described by Johnson et al.1 Mouse factor XIII-A primers spanning the boundary of coding exons 7 and 8 (mRNA exons 8 and 9), were designed using Primer Express. Other primers were obtained from primer bank (http://pga.mgh.harvard.edu/primerbank/).