Influence of Dexamethasone on Some Reproductive Hormones and Uterine Progesterone Receptor Localization in Pregnant Yankasa Sheep in Semiarid Zones of Nigeria

Table 1

Effects of dexamethasone on uterine progesterone receptor localization and intensity scores in pregnant Yankasa sheep during first and second trimesters.

Endometrium	Group	First trimester (day 28)		Second trimester (day 78)
		Staining intensity	Intensity score	Staining intensity	Intensity score
Luminal	NDS	2+	61.18 ± 0.22	2+	60.45 ± 0.56
	DTS	2+	61.24 ± 0.20	3+	87.50 ± 1.20
Glandular	NDS	2+	60.50 ± 0.63	2+	61.19 ± 0.30
	DTS	3+	89.11 ± 0.94	4+	134.10 ± 1.08
Stromal	NDS	2+	62.37 ± 0.43	2+	61.56 ± 0.51
	DTS	2+	62.41 ± 0.30	3+	86.49 ± 0.45
Myometrium	NDS	1+	51.58 ± 0.55	1+	52.32 ± 0.37
	DTS	1+	52.24 ± 0.22	2+	60.80 ± 0.35
Total	NDS	—	234.71 ± 1.26	—	235.40 ± 1.10
	DTS	—	267.14 ± 1.92	—	366.28 ± 1.70

NDS: (control) nondexamethasone treated pregnant sheep; DTS: dexamethasone treated pregnant sheep for each group. Significant () increase compared to respective control group. Significant () increase compared to preceding gestational stage.