Fig. 6: Glutathione treatment recovered the fertilization rate in middle-aged mice. | Communications Biology

Fig. 6: Glutathione treatment recovered the fertilization rate in middle-aged mice.

From: Age-associated aberrations of the cumulus-oocyte interaction and in the zona pellucida structure reduce fertility in female mice

Fig. 6

a Representative pictures of the ZP expansion in the presence of glutathione. Scale bars = 100 µm. b ZP diameter; n indicates the number of oocytes examined. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; Tukey-Kramer test. c Representative pictures of fertilized eggs obtained through IVF in media containing glutathione. Scale bars = 100 µm. d Fertilization rate; n indicates the number of female mice examined. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; ns, not significant (p > 0.05, Two-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons test). Data are mean ± SEM.

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