Fig. 5

A Enzyme activity analysis of 3β-HSD and 17β-HSD in PCOS-IR and PCOS-NIR. B Analysis of steroid hormones estradiol, progesterone and testosterone concentration in follicular fluid aspirates devoid of luteinized granulosa cells by ELISA from PCOS-IR and PCOS-NIR. C and D) mRNA expression of FSH-R and LH-R genes in human luteinized granulosa cells by qRT-PCR from PCOS-IR and PCOS-NIR. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001 vs. C, ^# P < 0.05, ^## P < 0.01, ^### P < 0.001 vs. PCOS-IR or PCOS-NIR, ^@ P < 0.05, ^@@ P < 0.01, ^@@@ P < 0.001 vs. PCOS-IR + S. n = 8 control and n = 8 PCOS-IR