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From: High-fat diet decreases the expression of Kiss1 mRNA and kisspeptin in the ovary, and increases ovulatory dysfunction in postpubertal female rats

Figure 5

Effects of postweaning HFD exposure on the expression of Kiss1 and GPR54 in postpubertal rats. There were significantly lower levels of Kiss1 mRNA during prooestrus and oestrus at PND 42 (A) and during prooestrus, oestrus and metoestrus at PND 70 (B) in the HFD group compared with the NCD group, although the GPR54 mRNA levels were not different (C and D). Within the NCD groups at each oestrous stage, the expression levels of Kiss1 and GPR54 mRNA were relative high during prooestrus at both PND 42 and PND 70. *P < 0.05. n = 4–6 for each group.

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