1. N-acetylcysteine leads to greater ovarian protection than enoxaparin sodium in a rat ovarian torsion model 
Gulcin Sahin Ersoy, Meryem Eken, Reshef Tal, Deniz Oztekin, Belgin Devranoglu, Ecmel Isik Kaygusuz, Ozge Cevik 
Reproductive BioMedicine Online 
Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages (July 2016)
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2. Figure 1
Light microscopic appearance of ovarian morphology (haematoxylin and eosin; ×200). (A) In the control group, primordial follicle (thin arrow), pre-antral follicles (thick arrows), small antral follicle (triangle), large antral follicle (arrowhead), normal vascular structure (star). (B) In the ischaemia/reperfusion group, follicular cell degeneration (thin arrrow), haemorrhage (thick arrow), vascular dilatation (arrowhead), polymorphonuclear leukocytes (star). (C) In the ischaemia/reperfusion + enoxaparin group, haemorrhage (thick arrows), vascular dilatation (arrowhead), follicular cell degeneration (thin arrow). (D) In the ischaemia/reperfusion + NAC group, follicular cell degeneration (thin arrows), minimal vascular dilatation (arrowhead), polymorphonuclear leukocytes (star) and minimal haemorrhage (thick arrow).
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3. Figure 2
Histomorphological evaluation of apoptosis by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) staining in ovaries following I/R injury. Representative light micrographs counterstained with Mayer's haematoxylin are shown. (a) Control group showing no apoptotic cells; (b) ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) group showing numerous apoptotic cells in the stroma and follicles; (c) I/R + NAC group showing only few apoptotic cells; (d) I/R + enoxaparin group demonstrating more apoptotic cells but less than I/R only group. Arrows indicate TUNEL-positive cells (dark brown nucleus).
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