Digital analysis of hepatic sections in mice accurately quantitates triglycerides and selected properties of lipid droplets

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 235, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1282-1286

  Ge, Fengxia ^a   Lobdell IV, Harrison ^a   Zhou, Shengli ^a   Hu, Chunguang ^a   Berk, Paul D ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer evaluation; Fatty liver; Histologic scoring; Lipid droplets; Visual evaluation

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; BODY WEIGHT; FATTY LIVER; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

MUS;

EID: 78049331560     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2010.010095     Document Type: Article

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