Fig. 4From: Gonadotropin and steroid hormones regulate pluripotent very small embryonic-like stem cells in adult mouse uterine endometriumEffect of follicle stimulating hormone (5 IU/day for 5 days) treatment to bilaterally ovariectomized mice. a, b, c, d, e, f. H&E stained uterine sections show hypertrophy of epithelial cells and the spherical cells (arrow) were observed in large numbers. At few places, it appeared as though these spherical cells were dividing (broken blue circle). Compared to E (Fig. 2) & P (Fig. 3) treatment, numbers of spherical cells were more clearly evident after FSH treatment. Scale bar 20 μmBack to article page