The Effects and Possible Mechanisms of Puerarin to Treat Endometriosis Model Rats

Table 4

The proteins levels of ectopic endometrium analyzed with IHC.

Protein	Group	Number	Positive ratio ()	Optical density ()	Positive index ()
P450arom	CMC group	6	75.77%	16.83	727.19 ± 339.58
	M-SI group	6	42.33%	9.52	353.91 ± 125.62^*
COX-2	CMC group	6	58.83%	17.44	1008.91 ± 356.48
	M-SI group	6	46.73%	8.94	417.85 ± 143.76^*
ER-α	CMC group	6	36.30%	21.73	836.93 ± 468.72
	M-SI group	6	37.49%	17.21	679.71 ± 399.73
ER-β	CMC group	6	51.62%	21.93	1071.25 ± 523.73
	M-SI group	6	76.28%	59.36	4646.54 ± 1777.93^*

M-SI group versus CMC group: ^*.