Acupuncture on the Endometrial Morphology, the Serum Estradiol and Progesterone Levels, and the Expression of Endometrial Leukaemia-inhibitor Factor and Osteopontin in Rats
Figure 1
Comparison of endometrial morphology during implantation period in rats. Specimens from NC group (a) showed normal endometrium: well-arranged luminal epithelium (LE), abundant glandular secretions (asterisk in (a)) and coherent subnuclear vacuoles in both LE and glandular epithelium (GE). Endometrial tissues of intervention groups showed glandular-stromal dyssynchrony: no secretions but stroma similar to normal. Subnuclear vacuoles of CC group (c) were only shown in LE, but they appeared in both LE and GE after acupuncture treatment (arrows in (b)). Original magnification: ×200. Scale bar = 100 m.
