Hepatic Macrosteatosis Is Partially Converted to Microsteatosis by Melatonin Supplementation in ob/ob Mice Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Alessandra Stacchiotti; Gaia Favero; Antonio Lavazza; Igor Golic; Marija Aleksic; Aleksandra Korac; Luigi Fabrizio Rodella; Rita Rezzani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148115

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Hepatic Macrosteatosis Is Partially Converted to Microsteatosis by Melatonin Supplementation in ob/ob Mice Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Alessandra Stacchiotti ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Stacchiotti, Gaia Favero

Affiliations Anatomy and Physiopathology Division, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy, Interdipartimental University Center of Research “Adaption and Regeneration of Tissues and Organs- (ARTO)”, University of Brescia, Italy
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Gaia Favero ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Stacchiotti, Gaia Favero

Affiliation Anatomy and Physiopathology Division, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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Antonio Lavazza,

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Via A. Bianchi 7/9, 25124, Brescia, Italy
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Igor Golic,

Affiliation Center for Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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Marija Aleksic,

Affiliation Center for Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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Aleksandra Korac,

Affiliation Center for Electron Microscopy, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
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Luigi Fabrizio Rodella,

Affiliations Anatomy and Physiopathology Division, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy, Interdipartimental University Center of Research “Adaption and Regeneration of Tissues and Organs- (ARTO)”, University of Brescia, Italy
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Rita Rezzani

* E-mail: rita.rezzani@unibs.it

Affiliations Anatomy and Physiopathology Division, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123, Brescia, Italy, Interdipartimental University Center of Research “Adaption and Regeneration of Tissues and Organs- (ARTO)”, University of Brescia, Italy
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Hepatic Macrosteatosis Is Partially Converted to Microsteatosis by Melatonin Supplementation in ob/ob Mice Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Alessandra Stacchiotti,
Gaia Favero,
Antonio Lavazza,
Igor Golic,
Marija Aleksic,
Aleksandra Korac,
Luigi Fabrizio Rodella,
Rita Rezzani

Published: January 29, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0148115

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