Table 1.
Gene | GD18 | GD30 | GD45 | GD60 | GD90 | P Value |
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Relative Placental mRNA Expression (Mean ± S.E.M.) | ||||||
BAX | n/a | 1.563 ± 0.186a | 2.891 ± 0.116 b | 2.149 ± 0.202c | 2.764 ± 0.193 b | P ≤ 0.001 |
BCL2 | n/a | 6.495 ± 1.198a | 22.071 ± 3.254bc | 15.305 ± 2.609bd | 26.433 ± 4.539b | P ≤ 0.001 |
BAX:BCL2 Ratio | n/a | 0.327 ± 0.068 | 0.190 ± 0.026 | 0.178 ± 0.015 | 0.189 ± 0.039 | ns |
P53 | n/a | 2.126 ± 0.169a | 3.908 ± 0.145b | 3.213 ± 0.229bc | 3.081 ± 0.282c | P ≤ 0.01 |
KI67 | n/a | 2.134 ± 0.182ab | 2.700 ± 0.140a | 1.945 ± 0.180b | 2.207 ± 0.206ab | P ≤ 0.05 |
Relative Endometrial mRNA Expression (Mean ± S.E.M.) | ||||||
BAX | 4.079 ± 0.634 | 4.298 ± 0.217 | 4.665 ± 0.446 | 3.812 ± 0.385 | 3.450 ± 0.863 | ns |
BCL2 | 6.639 ± 0.640a | 2.930 ± 0.379b | 3.569 ± 0.460b | 3.630 ± 0.419b | 2.592 ± 0.871b | P ≤ 0.001 |
BAX:BCL2 Ratio | 0.636 ± 0.093a | 1.670 ± 0.197b | 1.506 ± 0.156b | 1.141 ± 0.110ab | 1.354 ± 0.922b | P ≤ 0.05 |
P53 | 6.511 ± 0.727a | 4.888 ± 0.560ab | 4.069 ± 0.411b | 4.161 ± 0.396b | 3.268 ± 0.869b | P ≤ 0.01 |
KI67 | 2.408 ± 0.257 | 2.654 ± 0.226 | 2.264 ± 0.211 | 2.335 ± 0.190 | 1.958 ± 0.898 | ns |
P value indicates overall temporal change detected by ANOVA with a block for gilt or Kruskal-Wallis. Differing superscript letters indicate that group means differ from one another. n = 10–23 samples per group. ns=not significant.