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Fig. 1 | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

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From: Activation of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor retards the development of endometriosis

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The immunohistochemistry analysis of α7nAChR in ectopic endometrium from patients with ovarian endometrioma (OE) and deep endometriosis (DE) as compared to normal endometrium from control subjects. A Representative immunostaining results for α7nAChR staining in normal endometrium from control subjects and ectopic endometrium from patients with OE and DE (left panel), along with boxplots summarizing the staining data (right panel). B Representative images of Masson trichrome staining in normal endometrium from control subjects and ectopic endometrium from patients with OE and DE (left panel), along with boxplots summarizing the staining data (right panel). Scatter plots show the relationship between α7nAChR staining levels and the extent of lesional fibrosis C, and between α7nAChR staining levels and rASRM scores D. The green, blue and red dots represent control participants, OE patients, and DE patients, respectively. The boxplots showing the relationship between α7nAChR staining levels and severity of dysmenorrhea E, and between severity of dysmenorrhea and the extent of lesional fibrosis F. Magnification = 400 × , scale bar = 50 μm. Symbols for statistical significance levels: NS: p > 0.05; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001 

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