Table 1. Morphological changes of the kidney and liver in DDC-fed mice.
Control | Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | |||||
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0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |||
Kidney | ATN score | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.2 ± 0.2 |
Liver | Modified Ishak score | |||||||
Necrotic cells | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 10 ± 0.3 | 16 ± 1.0* | 8.8 ± 1.4 | 9.3 ± 0.8 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 2.3 ± 0.6 | |
Portal inflammation | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 2.3 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.0 | |
Interface hepatitis | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 3.7 ± 0.2 | |
Fibrosis | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 1.0 ± 0.0 |
Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) scores and modified Ishak scores in control and 0.1% and 0.5% DDC-fed mice after 1, 3, and 7 days. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. DDC, 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine. *P < 0.05 compared with the 0.1% DDC-fed mice.