Research Article

Pregnancy Differentially Regulates the Collagens Types I and III in Left Ventricle from Rat Heart

Table 1

Primers used for quantitative PCR analysis.

Gene/primer namePrimer sequence (5′-3′)

Collagen I (Col I)
 Col I-forwardAAGACATCCCTGAAGTCAGC
 Col I-reverseCCTATGACTTCTGCGTCTGG
Collagen III (Col III)
 Col III-forwardACAGCAGTCCAATGTAGATG
 Col III-reverseGAGCAGGTGTAGAAGGCTG
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH)
 GAPDH-forwardGGACATTGTTGCCATCAACG
 GAPDH-reverseCTCCATGGTGGTGAAGACGC