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. 2017 Nov 15;7:15591. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15529-9

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Maternal IE exposure alters gene expression in the hypothalamus and the pituitary of the adult male offspring. Hypothalamus and pituitary gene and/or protein expression were investigated in the adult male offspring of control (C) or IE-exposed rat dams (5-HI). Hypothalamic expression of Trh and Dio2 mRNAs (A) as well as pituitary Trhr, Dio2, Gh, Tsha, Tshb mRNA content (B) were analyzed by Real-Time PCR and normalized to Rpl19 mRNA content (n = 10/group). (C) Total pituitary content of Tsha and Tshb subunits were analyzed through Western blotting, using Gapdh as loading control (n = 10/group). Representative western blots are shown in the left panel. Results are expressed as means ± SEM as fold change or in arbitrary units (AU). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001 vs. C (Unpaired two tailed Student’s t-test).