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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Food Chem Toxicol. 2007 Nov 12;46(3):1068–1078. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.11.001

Table 5.

Exposure-related microscopic lesions in dogs exposed to MSC

Incidence in males (No. with lesion/No. evaluated) Incidence in females (No. with lesion/No. evaluated)

MSC Dose (mg/kg/day) 0 0.15 0.30 0.60 0 0.15 0.30 0.60
Liver
 -- Peliosis hepatis 0/4 0/4 0/4 1/4 0/4 -- -- 0/4
 -- Vaculolar degeneration 0/4 0/4 0/4 1/4 0/4 -- -- 0/4
 -- Midzonal necrosis 0/4 3/4 4/4 4/4 0/4 -- -- 0/4
Epidymis
 -- Degenerate spermatocytes 1/4 2/4 4/4 4/4
Small Intestine
 -- Crypt dilatation 0/4 2/4 2/4 2/4 0/4 1/4 3/4 3/4
 -- Crypt inflammation - acute 0/4 2/4 1/4 1/4 0/4 1/4 3/4 3/4
 -- GALT – depletion (ileum) 0/4 0/4 0/4 3/4 0/4 1/4 0/4 1/4
 -- GALT – lymphoid necrosis 2/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 1/4 2/4 1/4 3/4
Thymus
 -- Atrophy 2/4 1/4 2/4 4/4 1/4 2/4 4/4 4/4