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. 2005 Jun 22;3:26. doi: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-26

Table 2.

Number of punctured follicles, percentage of recovered cumulus-oocyte complexes, and percentage of degenerated, immature, metaphase I and metaphase II oocytes in each group.

COCs Oocytes

Number of injected-punctured follicles Percent of recovery Percent of DEG Percent of immature Resumption of meiosis
PBS i.f., CEG i.v. 23 91 (21/23)a 19 (4/21) 0 (0/21) 81 (17/21)a
IL-1β i.f., saline i.v. 25 80 (20/25)a 20 (4/20) 20 (4/20) 60 (12/20)ab
PBS i.f., saline i.v. 15 73 (11/15)a 27 (3/11) 27 (3/11) 45 (5/11)b

PBS, Phosphate buffer saline; CEG, crude equine gonadotropin; IL-1β, interleukin 1 beta; i.f., intrafollicular; i.v., intravenous; DEG, degenerated; MI metaphase I; MII, metaphase II. a and b are significantly different (P < 0.05).