Table 1.

Characteristics of oocytes donated for live imaging

Oocyte cultured	Numbers of			Oocyte diameter (μm)	Donor age (year)	Numbers of stimulation cycles with		Causes of infertility
	Patients	Cycles	Oocytes			Agonist	Antagonist	Endometriosis	Myoma	Oviduct PCO		Thyroid dysfunction	Unknown
Between −420 and 300 min of GVBDa	15	15	16	112.1 ± 4.3	38.8 ± 3.6	5	11	0	4	7	1	7	3
Between −120 and 120 min of GVBDb	23	23	27	111.1 ± 4.3	37.9 ± 4.4	10	17	1	6	13	1	10	6
Between −120 and 60 min of PB extrusionc	20	20	27	111.6 ± 4.7	37.8 ± 3.5	12	15	3	4	10	0	4	12
With colchcine Between −420 and 300 min of GVBDd	10	10	11	112.9 ± 3.4	38.8 ± 3.5	3	8	1	0	3	0	1	7
With cytochalasin B Between −420 and 300 min of GVBDe	9	9	9	113.7 ± 2.1	38.0 ± 5.6	3	8	1	2	3	1	1	3

^a–cLive cell imaging of oocytes in Figs. 1 and 2

^{a, d, e}Live cell imaging of oocytes cultured with an inhibitor for tubulin or actin filament in Fig. 5. Oocyte diameter and donor age were shown mean ± SD