Elevated extracellular matrix production and degradation upon bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) stimulation point toward a role for BMP-2 in cartilage repair and remodeling

Table 1 Murine primers used for quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Gene	R ²	Efficiencies	Forward primer (5'→3')	Reverse primer (5'→3')
GAPDH	0.997	2.05	GGCAAATTCAACGGCACA	GTTAGTGGGGTCTCGCTCCTG
Collagen IA	0.997	2.10	TGACTGGAAGAGCGGAGAGTACT	CCTTGATGGCGTCCAGGTT
Collagen II	0.992	2.15	TTCCACTTCAGCTATGGCGA	GACGTTAGCGGTGTTGGGAG
Collagen III	0.997	2.05	CCCCGAGGGCTGTGCTA	TGAACTTCAACTGGAACAGGGTATC
Aggrecan	0.992	2.15	TCTACCCCAACCAAACCGG	AGGCATGGTGCTTTGACAGTG
Collagen X	0.992	1.97	CACACTCTGTCCTCGTGCTTTG	GGAATCCCTGTAAGACACACCAA

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