Research Article

Tailored PVA/ECM Scaffolds for Cartilage Regeneration

Table 1

Primers for RT-PCR.

GeneForward primer 5′→3′ 
Reverse primer 3′→5′
GenBank
accession
Base pair
(bp)

Collagen, type II, alpha 1
(COL2A1)
F: CCGGGCAGAGGGCAATAGCAGGTT
R: CAATGATGGGGAGGCGTGAG
NM_001844.4127
Collagen, type IX, alpha 3
(COL9A3)
F: AATCAGGCTCTCGAAGCTCATAAAA
R: CCTGCCACACCCCCGCTCCTTCAT
NM_001853.399
Collagen, type X, alpha 1
(COL10A1)
F: GAACTCCCAGCACGCAGAATCC
R: GTGTTGGGTAGTGGGCCTTTTATG
NM_000493.3144
Cartilage
oligomeric
matrix protein
(COMP)
F: CCGGAGGGTGACGCGCAGATTGA
R: TGCCCTCGAAGTCCACGCCATTGAA
NM_000095.2132
Aggrecan
(ACAN)
F: GGCTGCTGTCCCCGTAGAAGA
R: GGGAGGCCAAGTAGGAAGGAT
NM_001135.3162
Transcription
factor SOX9
(SOX9)
F: CTGGGCAAGCTCTGGAGA
R: ATGTGCGTCTGCTCCGTG
NM_000346.3178
Hyaluronan
synthase 1
(HAS1)
F: CAGACCCACTGCGATGAGAC
R: CCACCAGGTGCGCTGAAA
NM_001523.2217
Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1
(HPRT1)
F: ATGGACAGGACTGAACGTCTTGCT
R: TTGAGCACACAGAGGGCTACAATG
NM_000194.279