Melatonin in the Regulation of Liver Steatosis following Prenatal Glucocorticoid Exposure
Figure 1
Oil red was overexpressed in prenatal steroid group more than in control group and downexpressed in melatonin group. (a) The oil red stain in the sham group, (b) the increased liver cell oil red stain in the prenatal steroid group (DEX), and (c) the melatonin decreasing the oil red stained cells induced by DEX at 7 days (original magnification ×400, arrows: positive hepatocytes). (d) Semiquantification of the oil red stained cells. All the results represent mean ± standard error of six animals; when comparing prenatal steroid groups. The letters above each represented different groups with DEX representing the prenatal steroid; MEL: melatonin treatment after prenatal steroid.
