Involvement of GJA1 and Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication between Cumulus Cells and Oocytes from Women with PCOS

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"></td><td class="align_center">GV</td><td class="align_center">MI</td><td class="align_center">MII</td><td class="align_center">Immunofluorescence</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Normal</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PCOS</td><td class="align_center">6</td><td class="align_center">7</td><td class="align_center">4</td><td class="align_center">5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>GV: germinal vesicle, oocyte maturation arrested in the prophase of meiosis; MI: metaphase I, first meiotic metaphase; MII: metaphase II, second meiotic metaphase.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Numbers of oocyte at different stages analyzed by qRT-RNA and immunofluorescence.</div>

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Table 3: Involvement of GJA1 and Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication between Cumulus Cells and Oocytes from Women with PCOS 