Research Article

Effect of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 on Equine Synovial Fluid Chondroprogenitor Expansion and Chondrogenesis

Table 1

Primers used in the qPCR reactions.

Gene
(amplicon size)
PrimersAnnealing temperature

EF1-alpha
(328 bp)
S5′ CCCGGACACAGAGACTTCAT 62.1°C
A5′ AGCATGTTGTCACCATTCCA

Col II
(223 bp)
S5′ AGCAGGAATTTGGTGTGGAC 62.1°C
A5′ TCTGCCCAGTTCAGGTCTCT

Col X
(244 bp)
S5′ TGCCAACCAGGGTGTAACAG62.1°C
A5′ ACATTACTGGGGTGCCGTTC

ALP
(260 bp)
S5′ CCACGTCTTCACATTTGGTG 54.2°C
A5′ AGACTGCGCCTGGTAGTT

Aggrecan
(202 bp)
S5′ GACGCCGAGAGCAGGTGT62.1°C
A5′ AAGAAGTTGTCGGGCTGGTT

Sox9
(304 bp)
S5′ GAACGCACATCAAGACGGAG56.2°C
A5′ CTGGTGGTCTGTGTAGTCGT

Mef2c
(55 bp)
S5′ CCCAACTTTGAGTGCCAGT55.3°C
A5′ ATGTGAGGTCTCCACCCATC

Runx2
(115 bp)
S5′ CAGACCAGCAGCACTCCATA56.8°C
A5′ GAGCGTCAACACCATTC