Figure 5

Apoptosis of hECs induced by progesterone and Alp. Human endometrial cells were treated with progesterone alone or in combination with Alp. Apoptosis was indexed by the detection of Annexin V. A: Apoptotic cells as labeled with Annexin V and followed by flow cytometry. B: Comparison of the proportions of apoptotic cells. The amount of apoptotic cells was significantly increased with the treatment of progesterone alone or progesterone plus ALP (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, compared with the control cells). There was also significant difference between treatment with progesterone alone and progesterone plus Alp (#P < 0.01).