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From: Letrozole treatment of adult female mice results in a similar reproductive phenotype but distinct changes in metabolism and the gut microbiome compared to pubertal mice

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Letrozole treatment of adult female mice resulted in reproductive hallmarks of PCOS. Letrozole (LET) treatment was initiated at 8 weeks of age in the adult PCOS mouse model compared to 4 weeks of age in the pubertal PCOS mouse model (a). LET treatment of pubertal and adult female mice for 5 weeks resulted in elevated serum testosterone (b-c). LET treatment of adult female mice resulted in elevated LH levels (d), and decreased cyclicity as measured by percentage (%) of mice that had an estrous cycle between 4 and 5 weeks of treatment (e). In contrast to pubertal mice, LET treatment of adult female mice did not result in an increase in ovarian weight (f). Pubertal PCOS model (n = 24 placebo (P), n = 22 LET; adult PCOS model (n = 16 P, n = 14 LET). Student t-test; * p < 0.05. LET treatment of adult female mice resulted in ovaries lacking corpora lutea (CL) and containing cystic follicles (CF) and hemorrhagic cysts (HC) compared to placebo-treated mice (g)

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