Table 1.

Oligonucleotide primers used for RT-qPCR.

Genes	Forward primer	Reverse primer	Annealing (°C)
GAPDH	CTTCTCTTGTGACAAAGTGGA	TTAGCGGGATCTCGCTC	60
COL2A1	CCTGAAACTCTGCCACCCAG	GTTCTTCCGAGGCACAGTCG	60
Beclin-1	GTTCTCTCAGTTGCCTTTC	AGCTGTAACCTGTCGCCGAGTCCC	60
IL-1β	CCGGAGTCTGACTGGAAAGCC	GCATACAGGAAGTCGGCCTCC	60