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Figure 5

From: Expression of oestrogen receptors, ERα, ERβ, and ERβ variants, in endometrial cancers and evidence that prostaglandin F may play a role in regulating expression of ERα

Figure 5

Cell based studies suggest that local biosynthesis of prostaglandin could regulate expression of ERα and PR. Incubation of Ishikawa cells with PGF2α resulted in reduced expression of ERα mRNA. Panel A, Samples which differed significantly from each other are indicated by letters a, b, c; p < 0.005 in all cases. Panel B, there was no significant impact on expression of ERβ1 mRNA between samples at the start or end of the experiment. Panel C, Samples which differed significantly from each other are indicated by letters a, b, c; p < 0.001 in all cases. Incubation of cells with E2 for 24 h resulted in a significant increase in expression of PR mRNA this rise did not occur if cells were pre-incubated with PGF2α for 24 h. All values are expressed as mean +/- SD of three independent experiments performed in duplicate.

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