Fig. 7: RT-PCR results from the DESdirect-5 CC.
From: Estrogenic endocrine disruptor exposure directly impacts erectile function
a–h Violin plots of gene expression fold change of the control (red) and DESdirect-5 CC (blue) normalized to the housekeeper Rpl13a in RT-PCR. All results are not significant. a Esr1 (control: 1.01 ± 0.07, n = 6; DESdirect-5, n = 6: 0.93 ± 0.07; P = 0.42; unpaired, two-tailed t-test). b Ar (control: 1.02 ± 0.09, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 1.00 ± 0.10, n = 6; P = 0.77; unpaired, two-tailed t-test). c Nos3 (control: 1.04 ± 0.14, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 0.90 ± 0.07, n = 6; P = 0.59; Mann–Whitney test). d BclXL (control: 1.09 ± 0.19, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 0.94 ± 0.31, n = 6; P = 0.69; unpaired, two-tailed t-test). e Bcl2 (control: 1.04 ± 0.11, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 0.99 ± 0.24, n = 6; P = 0.86; unpaired, two-tailed t-test). f Parp1 (control: 1.31 ± 0.37, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 0.79 ± 0.17, n = 6; P = 0.23; unpaired, two-tailed t-test). g Bak1 (control: 1.08 ± 0.17, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 0.84 ± 0.12, n = 6; P = 0.30; unpaired, two-tailed t-test). h Bax (control: 1.03 ± 0.10, n = 6; DESdirect-5: 1.11 ± 0.15, n = 6; P = 0.82; Mann–Whitney test). ns = non-significant.
