Table 1.

Primer sequence list.

Gene name	Primer sequence	GenBank accession
hRPL7	Forward: 5′ CCAAATTGGCGTTTGTCATCAG 3′	NM_000971
	Reverse: 5′ GCATGTTAATCGAAGCCTTGTTG 3′
hTBP	Forward: 5′ TGCACAGGAGCCAAGAGTGAA 3′	NM_001172085
	Reverse: 5′ CACATCACAGCTCCCCACCA 3′
hCOL2A1	Forward: 5′ TGGACGATCAGGCGAAACC 3′	NM_001844
	Reverse: 5′ GCTGCGGATGCTCTCAATCT 3′
hSOX9	Forward: 5′ AGCGAACGCACATCAAGAC 3′	NM_000346
	Reverse: 5′ GCTGTAGTGTGGGAGGTTGAA 3′
hLIN28b	Forward: 5′ CATCTCCATGATAAACCGAGAGG 3′	NM_001004317
	Reverse: 5′ GTTACCCGTATTGACTCAAGGC 3′
hPOU5F1	Forward: 5′ AGTGAGAGGCAACCTGGAGA 3′	LC006945.1
	Reverse: 5′ CACTCGGACCACATCCTTCT 3′
pRPL7	Forward: 5′ CAGGATCAGAGGTATCAA 3′	NM_001113217.1
	Reverse: 5′ TATATGGTTCCACAATTCTC 3′
pACAN	Forward: 5′ CTACGACGCCATCTGCTACA 3′	NM_001164652.1
	Reverse: 5′ CTTCACCCTCGGTGATGTTT 3′
pCOL2A1	Forward: 5′ GAGAGGTCTTCCTGGCAAAG 3′	XM_021092611.1
	Reverse: 5′ AAGTCCCTGGAAGCCAGAT 3′
pSOX9	Forward: 5′ CCACCGAAGAAAGACCGTAA 3′	NM_213843.2
	Reverse: 5′ CTTGGAATGTGGGTTCGAGT 3′
pCOL1A1	Forward: 5′ CCAGTCACCTGCGTACAGAA 3′	LC223106.1
	Reverse: 5′ ACGTCATCGCACAACACATT 3′
pCOLXA1	Forward: 5′ ACTTCTCCTACCACATTC 3′	NM_001005153.1
	Reverse: 5′ CCATACCTGGTCATTATCT 3′

h = human, p = pig.