TABLE 1

Real-time PCR primers from Assays-on-Demand^™ (Applied Biosystems^™, Foster City CA).

GENE (mRNA)		ABI Assay ID
Alpl	(Alkaline phosphatase)	Mm01187117_m1
Bcl2	(B-cell lymphoma 2)	Mm00477631_m1
Bmp2	(Bone morphogenic protein 2)	Mm01340178_m1
c-fms	(Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor [CSF1R])	Mm01266652_m1
c-fos	(FBJ murine osteosarcoma viral oncogene homolog)	Mm00487425_m1
Col1a1	(Type I; pro-alpha1(I) chain)	Mm00801666_g1
EphB4	(Ephrin type-B receptor 4)	Mm01201157_m1
EphrinB2	(EPH-related receptor tyrosine kinase ligand 5)	Mm00438670_m1
Fra-2	(fos-related antigen 2)	Mm00484442_m1
Igf-1	(Insulin-like growth factor 1)	Mm0043559_m1
JunD	(Jun proto-oncogene related gene d)	Mm00495088_s1
Lef1	(Lymphoid enhancer-binding factor-1)	Mm00550265_m1
M-csf	(Macrophage colony stimulating factor 1)	Mm00432686_m1
Mcp-1	(Monocyte chemotactic protein-1)	Mm00441242_m1
Mkp-1	(MAPK phosphatase 1)	Mm00457274_g1
Mmp-13	(Matrix metalloproteinase 13)	Mm00439491_m1
Nfatc1	(nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic, calcineurin-dependent 1)	Mm012479445_m1
Nurr-1	(Nuclear receptor-related factor 1)	Mm00443056_m1
Opg	(Osteoprotegerin)	Mm00435452_m1
Osterix	(Sp7 transcription factor)	Mm00504574_m1
Pthr1	(Parathryroid hormone receptor 1)	Mm00441046_m1
Pthrp	(Parathryoid hormone-related peptide)	Mm00436057_m1
Rage (Ager)	(receptor for advanced glycation endproducts)	Mm00545815_m1
Rankl	(Receptor activator for nuclear factor κ B ligand)	Mm00441908_m1
Runx2	(Runt-related transcription factor 2)	Mm00501578_m1
Smad3	(Sma- and Mad-related protein)	Mm01170760_m1
Sost	(Sclerostin)	Mm00470479_m1