Epithelial apical glycosylation changes associated with thin endometrium in women with infertility - a pilot observational study

Table 3 Glycoconjugates contents on the apical surface of the luminal and glandular epithelial cells in thin endometrium

Lectins and MAbs	Luminal cells	Glandular cells	r_s	p-value
MAL II	0.29 ± 0.07 (0.18–0.41)	0.27 ± 0.08 (0.15–0.45)	0.3475	0.1717
N + MAL II	0.16 ± 0.04 (0.09–0.24)	0.10 ± 0.03 (0.05–0.17)	0.4510	0.0692
UEA I	0.24 ± 0.11 (0.06–0.50)	0.17 ± 0.10 (0.08–0.41)	0.6472	*0.0036*
SNA	0.34 ± 0.09 (0.19–0.48)	0.22 ± 0.08 (0.10–0.38)	0.2675	0.2832
N + SNA	0.32 ± 0.09 (0.14–0.44)	0.17 ± 0.07 (0.07–0.29)	0.5697	*0.0135*
ECL	0.35 ± 0.12 (0.11–0.51)	0.26 ± 0.10 (0.10–0.42)	0.0734	0.7720
N + ECL	0.51 ± 0.11 (0.24–0.68)	0.57 ± 0.28 (0.27–1.49)	0.5873	*0.0103*
VVL	0.25 ± 0.10 (0.15–0.46)	0.24 ± 0.13 (0.07–0.53)	0.3771	0.1229
Con A	0.39 ± 0.09 (0.26–0.53)	0.28 ± 0.06 (0.17–0.44)	0.5064	*0.0319*
MECA-79	0.33 ± 0.07 (0.25–0.48)	0.19 ± 0.07 (0.03–0.29)	0.1019	0.7072
Anti- Le^Y	0.25 ± 0.06 (0.15–0.39)	0.14 ± 0.06 (0.08–0.34)	0.4791	*0.0442*

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (minimum-maximum)
r_s Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between contents of glycoconjugates in luminal and glandular epithelial cells
P-value for the Spearman’s rank statistic
Italics Bold statistically significant values

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