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Schematic representation of the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway model and cellular responses in ovarian follicular cells (FCs) associated with competent oocytes that were able to reach the blastocyst stage (BL) and incompetent oocytes that were unable to initiate embryo development after maturation (NC).
<p>Pentagons indicate whether a given component of the pathway was upregulated (upward arrow) or downregulated (downward arrow) in FCs from the BL and NC groups. Lines ending in arrowheads indicate stimulation, whereas lines ending in bars indicate blockage.</p
Bovine primer sequences used in the RT-PCR amplification.
<p>Bovine primer sequences used in the RT-PCR amplification.</p
Relative expression of mRNAs for genes responsible for the downstream cellular effects of PI3K-Akt signaling on non-cleaved (NC), cleaved non-blastocyst (CNB) and blastocyst (BL) groups.
<p>Bars depict means and error bars depict standard errors of the means. Different superscripts (a and b) indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).</p