Table 1.

Sequences of the primers used for qRT-PCR in this study

Genes	Sequences
Egr1	Sense	5′-CTGACCGCAGAGTCTTTTCCTG-3′
	Antisense	5′-TGGGTGCCGCTGAGTAAATG-3′
IL-6	Sense	5′-CAATAACCACCCCTGACC-3′
	Antisense	5′-GCGCAGAATGAGATGAGTT-3′
TNF-α	Sense	5′-GGAAAGGACACCATGAGC-3′
	Antisense	5′-CCACGATCAGGAAGGAGA-3′
FN	Sense	5′-TGGAGAGACAGGAGGAAATAGC-3′
	Antisense	5′-CAGTGACAGCATACAGGGTGAT-3′
β-Actin	Sense	5′-CCCTGGACTTCGAGCAAGAGAT-3′
	Antisense	5′-GTTTTCTGCGCAAGTTAGG-3′
miR-23a-3p	Sense	5′-ATCACATTGCCAGGGATTTCC-3′
	Antisense	Universal reverse primer (Tiangen, Beijing, China)
U6	Sense	5′-CTCGCTTCGGCAGCACA-3′
	Antisense	Universal reverse primer (Tiangen, Beijing, China)