highly significantP < 0.0001
The two primary questions that we addressed in this study were (1) are there differences in the relative expression among the five AQPs within the amnion and (2) do AQP mRNA and protein levels correlate with IMA rate when IMA rate is experimentally altered? With respect to the first question, the recalculation indicated that in the control group, the highly significant difference in AQP mRNA levels ( P < 0.0001) remained with the added result that the difference in mRNA levels between AQP3 and AQP9 reached statistical significance.