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. 2016 Jan 11;11(1):e0146871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146871

Table 1. Morphological changes of the kidney and liver in DDC-fed mice.

Control Day 1 Day 3 Day 7
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.