Table 1.

Primer sequences used in this study

Human genes	Primer sequence	Length (bp)
Collagen type I alpha 1 chain (COL1A1)	Forward: 5′-TCAAGAGAAGGCTCACGATGG-3′ Reverse: 5′-TCACGGTCACGAACCACATT-3′	69
Collagen type I alpha 2 chain (COL1A2),	Forward: 5′-GGTCAGCACCACCGATGTC-3′ Reverse: 5′- CACGCCTGCCCTTCCTT-3′	51
Collagen type III alpha 1 chain (COL3A1),	Forward: 5′- GCTGGCTACTTCTCGCTCTG-3′ Reverse: 5′- TCCGCATAGGACTGACCAAG-3′	97
Cellular communication network factor 2 (CCN2)	Forward: 5′- CAGCATGGACGTTCGTCTG-3′ Reverse: 5′- AACCACGGTTTGGTCCTTGG-3′	115
Fibronectin 1 (FN1)	Forward: 5′- TTCTAAGATTTGGTTTGGGATCAAT-3′ Reverse: 5′- TCTTGGTTGGCTGCATATGC-3′	51
Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGFB1)	Forward: 5′- CAATTCCTGGCGATACCTCAG-3′ Reverse: 5′- GCACAACTCCGGTGACATCAA-3′	86
Smooth muscle actin alpha 2 (ACTA2)	Forward: 5′- GACAATGGCTCTGGGCTCTGTAA-3′ Reverse: 5′-CTGTGCTTCGTCACCCACGTA-3′	147
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH)	Forward: 5′-GACCACTTTGTCAAGCTCATTTCC-3′ Reverse: 5′-GTGAGGGTCTCTCTCTTCCTCTTGT-3′	151