Figure 5From: Molecular analysis of the vaginal response to estrogens in the ovariectomized rat and postmenopausal woman Expression of BTC increases proliferation of vaginal epithelia. (A) Hematoxylin and eosin staining of vaginal epithelium from OVX rats treated with vehicle (V), 17β-estradiol (E2), betacellulin with normal histology (BTC) and betacellulin with abnormal histology (BTC-abn). (B) Rat BTC expression levels from microarray analysis at the 6 hour, 3 day and 5 day timepoints. (C) Human BTC expression levels from qRT-PCR analysis versus patient number.Back to article page