Research Article

Metformin Improves Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Induced by TGF-β1 in Renal Tubular Epithelial NRK-52E Cells via Inhibiting Egr-1

Table 1

Sequences of primers used for real-time quantitative PCR.

GenesForwardReverse

Egr-15-CCAGTGCCCACCTCTTACTC-35-TGCAGACTGGAAGGTGCTG-3
Fibronectin5-CATGGCTTTAGGCGAACCA-35-CATCTACATTCGGCAGGTATGG-3
E-cadherin5-TGATGATGCCCCCAACACTC-35-CCAAGCCCTTGGCTGTTTTC-3
α-SMA5-GACCCTGAAGTATCCGATAGAACA-35-CACGCGAAGCTCGTTATAGAAG-3
β-Actin5-GCGAGTACAACCTTCTTGCAG-35-GCCTTGCACATGCCGGA-3