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Fig. 3 | BMC Women's Health

Fig. 3

From: Oral contraceptive pill (OCP) treatment alters the gene expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) women compared to drug-naive PCOS women

Fig. 3

Messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of ICAM-1 (A), MCP-1 (B), PAI-1 (C),TNF-α (D) genes as determined by quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction in cases and control samples (n = 25). Box and whisker plots describe the relative expression of these genes in cases verses controls. The experiments were performed in triplicates. ΔCt values were determined for all samples by Ct genes‐Ct Beta actin. The bottom and the top of the box represent the 25th and the 75th percentile, respectively, and the band near the middle of the box is the 50th percentile (the median). The end of whiskers represents the smallest and largest observation

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