Table 1 Primers used for quantitative RT-PCR.

(Human) Aquaporin 1

AQP1

(F) 5'-CTGGGCATCGAGATCATCGG-3'

(R) 5'-ATCCCACAGCCAGTGTAGTCA-3'

(Human) Aquaporin 3

AQP3

(F) 5'-GGGGAGATGCTCCACATCC-3'

(R) 5'-AAAGGCCAGGTTGATGGTGAG-3'

(Human) Aquaporin 4

AQP4

(F) 5'-AGCAGTCACAGCGGAATTTCT-3'

(R) 5'-TCTGTTCCACCCCAGTTGATG-3'

(Mouse) Aquaporin 1

Aqp1

(F) 5'-AACCACTGGATTTTCTGG-3'

(R) 5'-CTTCATCTCCACCCTGGA-3'

(Mouse) Aquaporin 3

Aqp3

(F) 5'-CACATCCGCTACCGGCTG-3'

(R) 5'-TAGATGGGCAGCTTGATC-3'

(Mouse) Aquaporin 4

Aqp4

(F) 5'-TTGCTTTGGACTCAGCATTG-3'

(R) 5'-AACCAGGAGACCATGACCAG-3'

(Mouse) SRY-box containing gene 9

Sox9

(F) 5'-AGTACCCGCATCTGCACAAC-3'

(R) 5'-ACGAAGGGTCTCTTCTCGCT-3'

(Mouse) Collagen, type II, alpha 1

Col2a1

(F) 5'-GGGTCACAGAGGTTACCCAG-3'

(R) 5'-ACCAGGGGAACCACTCTCAC-3'

(Mouse) Aggrecan

Acan

(F) 5'-GTGGAGCCGTGTTTCCAAG-3'

(R) 5'-AGATGCTGTTGACTCGAACCT-3'

(Mouse) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Gapdh

(F) 5'-ATAATACCGATCCCCGAAGG-3'

(R) 5'-CTGGATGGTGTATGCACAGG-3'

(Human/mouse) Actin, beta

Actb

(F) 5'-TCTGGCACCACACCTTCTAC-3'

(R) 5'-TCGTAGATGGGCACAGTGTGG-3'