Table 1. Diameter of follicles cultured under different 3-dimensional culture systems for 21 days.

Group	No. of follicles	7 days’ culture	14 days’ culture	21 days’ culture
AG	63	64.43±9.68	115.61±11.60	129.14±9.95
FAG	57	71.83±10.32	120.42±8.90	152.80±13.64*

*follicles in the FAG were significantly larger than follicles in the AG after day 21 of culture. FAG, follicles embedded in fibroblast-alginate matrix; AG, follicles embedded in alginate matrix. Data are represented as the mean ± SEM.