Figure 3.

Gene expression in cumulus cells (CCs) cultured in control and FLI medium. Cumulus expansion-related genes (A), signaling pathways-related genes (B), genes related to apoptosis and antioxidants (C), and others (D). Differences are expressed in arbitrary units as the fold increase over the proportion found in CCs cultured in control (C). Asterisks above the columns indicate significant differences between the treatments at the same time of culture (p < 0.05 for single asterisk; p < 0.01 for double asterisk, p < 0.001 for triple asterisk).