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. 2017 Aug 21;12(8):e0183528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183528

Table 3. Effect of dexamethasone on the apoptotic index (AI) of granulosa and luteal cells in the postpartum spiny mouse ovary.

Atretic ovarian follicles
Apoptotic index (AI) %, (TUNEL assay)
Control DEX-treated
primary 30.4 ± 0.9 23.6 ± 0.7 *
secondary 71.5 ± 0.8 53.3 ± 0.6 ***
antral 63.3 ± 1.4 51.0 ± 0.7 **
preovulatory 61.2 ± 1.3 50.6 ± 1.0 **
regressing luteal cells 54.8 ± 0.6 38.6 ± 0.9 ***

Values are expressed as mean ± s.e.m. P values were calculated with the Mann Whitney U-test

*p<0.05.

**p<0.01.

***p<0.001.

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