Reviewer's report
Title:Association between PPARGC1A polymorphisms and the occurrence of
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Version: 2Date:1 May 2008
Reviewer: Anna Baranova
Reviewer's report:
This is re-review of the paper Association between PPARGC1A polymorphisms
and the occurrence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by Yoneda and
co-authors.
the re-reviewed paper much improved after revision. nevertheless, it still requires
Minor Essential Revisions. Particularly, all new additions of the paper has not
been proof-read for the point of view of teh grammar and style. as an example,
three different added sentences start from word "And", which is not acceptebale
in English. Added paragraph also contain "Jargon" expressions, e.g. "expression
lower in the liver of the TT group"
and "p value for the polymorphism is small"
Real-time PCR experiments shall be performed at least in triplicates, but I guess
this is too late to fix :-(
RT-PCR section in Methods shall at least mention that sample were liver
biopsies.
Secondly, Authors
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Association between PPARGC1A polymorphisms and the occurrence of
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Version: 2Date:1 May 2008
Reviewer: Anna Baranova
Reviewer's report:
This is re-review of the paper Association between PPARGC1A polymorphisms
and the occurrence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by Yoneda and
co-authors.
the re-reviewed paper much improved after revision. nevertheless, it still requires
Minor Essential Revisions. Particularly, all new additions of the paper has not
been proof-read for the point of view of teh grammar and style. as an example,
three different added sentences start from word "And", which is not acceptebale
in English. Added paragraph also contain "Jargon" expressions, e.g. "expression
lower in the liver of the TT group"
and "p value for the polymorphism is small"
Real-time PCR experiments shall be performed at least in triplicates, but I guess
this is too late to fix :-(
RT-PCR section in Methods shall at least mention that sample were liver
biopsies.
Secondly, Authors
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Association between PPARGC1A polymorphisms and the occurrence of
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Version: 2Date:1 May 2008
Reviewer: Anna Baranova
Reviewer's report:
This is re-review of the paper Association between PPARGC1A polymorphisms
and the occurrence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by Yoneda and
co-authors.
the re-reviewed paper much improved after revision. nevertheless, it still requires
Minor Essential Revisions. Particularly, all new additions of the paper has not
been proof-read for the point of view of teh grammar and style. as an example,
three different added sentences start from word "And", which is not acceptebale
in English. Added paragraph also contain "Jargon" expressions, e.g. "expression
lower in the liver of the TT group"
and "p value for the polymorphism is small"
Real-time PCR experiments shall be performed at least in triplicates, but I guess
this is too late to fix :-(
RT-PCR section in Methods shall at least mention that sample were liver
biopsies.
Secondly, Authors
Level of interest: An article whose findings are important to those with closely
related research interests
Quality of written English: Needs some language corrections before being
published
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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