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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Hepatol. 2009 May 3;51(1):176–186. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.03.021

Table 2.

Summary of pathomorphological changes in the livers of C57BL/6J and mice fed a methyl-deficient diet for 18 weeks (mean ± S.D., n=5).

Morphology Histopathology score
DBA/2J C57BL/6J
Steatosis 4.8 ± 0.4* 3.8 ± 0.8
Necrosis 3.8 ± 0.4* 2.0 ± 0.7
Inflammation 2.0 ± 0.1 2.4 ± 0.9
Oval cell hyperplasia 2.6 ± 0.5* 1.4 ± 0.5
Karyocytomegaly 2.4 ± 0.6* 1.0 ± 0.1
*

Significantly different from C57BL/6J mice fed a MDD.