Gene Forward primer Reverse primer
COMP 5’-GGAGATGCTTGTGACAGCGATC-3’ 5’-TGAGTCCTCCTGGGCACTGTTA-3’
CCR1 5’-CAACTCCGTGCCAGAAGGTGAA-3’ 5’-GTTCAGGAGGTAGATGCTGGTC-3’
Collagen type X 5’-GGTGACACTGGTTTACCTGGCT-3’ 5’-GCCTTTCCAGAGGAATGTCCTC-3’
Collagen type II 5’-CCTGGCAAAGATGGTGAGACAG-3’ 5’-CCTGGTTTTCCACCTTCACCTG-3’
SOX9 5’-AGGAAGCTCGCGGACCAGTAC-3’ 5’-GGTGGTCCTTCTTGTGCTGCAC-3’
TGF-β 5’-TACCTGAACCCGTGTTGCTCTC-3’ 5’-GTTGCTGAGGTATCGCCAGGAA-3’
Table 1: List of cartilage specific primer sequences with 5’-3’ forward and reverse oligonucleotide used for qPCR.