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Figure 4 | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

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From: Evaluation of human first trimester decidual and telomerase-transformed endometrial stromal cells as model systems of in vitro decidualization

Figure 4

Quantitative real-time PCR measuring mRNA expression of decidual marker genes in differentiating HDSC and THESC. Cultures were incubated with cAMP or E2P4 for 3, 6, 9 and 12 days. Cells without stimuli were kept in parallel representing non-stimulated controls (n.c.). RNA extraction and quantitative real-time PCR were performed as described in Methods. For relative quantification of mRNA expression n.c. of day 3 was arbitrarily set at 1 (calibrator). Bars indicate mean values ± SEM of seven (HDSC) and five (THESC) different experiments/PCR reactions performed in duplicates.* depicts p < 0.05 compared to the n.c. of the same day; n.s., not significant. A) PRL mRNA expression. B) IGFBP1 mRNA expression. C) DKK1 mRNA expression.

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