Gonadotropin Stimulation Has Only a Limited Effect on the Concentration of Follicular Fluid Signalling Proteins: An Antibody Array Analysis

Figure 1

Follicular fluid levels of Cystatin A, GAD-2, and ERK-1 as determined by ELISA. Open circles, NC-IVF. Closed circles, cIVF (conventional stimulation with gonadotrophins). values were obtained by the Wilcoxon signed rank test which takes the efficient pairing into account (the difference in the values between both cycles in the same patient, 15 sample pairs). The graph also includes the results from samples for which the pairing had not been possible due to an insufficient available volume. Please note the logarithmic scale.