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Table 2  The effect of Ag-NPs and/or CS-SeNPs on the area (µm2) occupied by immune-reactive cells that were caspase-3- and PCNA-positive in the rat ovarian sections

From: The ameliorative effect of selenium-loaded chitosan nanoparticles against silver nanoparticles-induced ovarian toxicity in female albino rats

Groups

Control

CS-SeNPs

Ag-NPs

Ag-NPs + CS-SeNPs

Caspase-3 (µm2)

0.68±0.09b

3.02±3.93 b

15.79±2.08 a, c, d

4.04±1.13 b

PCNA (µm2)

5.33±2.52b, c

4.67±1.53 b, c

171.33±5.13 a, c, d

74.00±7.94 a, b, d

  1. The data are displayed as the mean ± SD (n = 10 rats/group)
  2. The means in the same row with different small superscript characters differ significantly at P ≤0.05