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Table 2.

Steroid production by fast- and slow-grow follicles collected from macaque ovarian cortical tissue not treated (no-stained) or treated with neutral red (NR-stained) during 3D encapsulated culture in vitro

Follicle growth Cohorts	Groups	Week 1	Week 2	Week 4
Estradiol (pg/ml)
Fast grow follicles	No-stained	97 ± 9^a	185 ± 58^b	5613 ± 1929^cA
Fast grow follicles	NR-stained	87^*	177 ± 96^b	269 ± 107^bB
Slow grow follicles	No-stained	121 ± 38^a	152 ± 22^a	356 ± 99^b
Slow grow follicles	NR-stained	87 ± 4^a	145 ± 18^b	173 ± 34^b
Androstenedione (pg/ml)
Fast grow follicles	No-stained	37 ± 16^a	24 ± 11^a	122 ± 5^bA
Fast grow follicles	NR-stained	8 ± 3^a	30 ± 18^a	10 ± 0^aB
Slow grow follicles	No-stained	33 ± 7^a	7 ± 2^b	20 ± 7^ab
Slow grow follicles	NR-stained	40 ± 9^a	9 ± 3^b	19 ± 9^b

Values represent the mean ± SEM from 4 animals per treatment, 3–5 follicles for fast-grow and 18–23 slow-grow follicles per treatment group per week. Lower case letters represent differences between weeks within a group. Upper case letters represent differences between groups within week. * SEM lacking due to n = 1 in the group