Table 1.
Follicular counts and classification in ovarian tissue slices cultures on alginate scaffold or Matrigel and uncultured controls for a two-week period
| Follicular classes | Alginate scaffold | Matrigel | Uncultured samples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 1 | Week 2 | ||
| aPrimordial | 138 (36%) | 121 (33%) | 231 (46%) | 120 (46%) | 445 (78%)1 |
| 12±9 | 15±8 | 38±15 | 15±11 | 31±13 | |
| Developing | 190 (51%)2 | 205 (58%)2 | 94 (18%) | 92 (34%) | 135 (22%) |
| 13±9 | 17±9 | 11±5 | 11±9 | 12±5 | |
| Atretic | 48 (13%) | 31 (9%) | 183 (36%)3 | 51 (20%) | 0 |
| 5±2 | 3±1 | 22±10 | 6±2 | 0 | |
aFollicular numbers are given as sum of follicles per group and week (percents were calculated from total number of follicles in group per week) and as average±standard deviation
1Significantly higher in uncultured group than in alginate scaffold group (p < 0.003 for week 1, p < 0.002 for week 2)
2Significantly higher in alginate scaffold group than in Matrigel after one and 2 weeks (p < 0.03 for both weeks)
3Significantly higher in Matrigel group than in alginate scaffold group for week 1 and for both weeks together (p < 0.005 for week 1, p < 0.008 for both weeks together)