Transcription profiling of pig hepatic tissue of males and females fed with two feeding levels

ABSTRACT: Liver plays major roles in vital functions including responses to energy deprivation. It is known that body composition and fuel metabolism differs between genders. However there are many unclear aspects related to metabolic pathways affected by feeding level and gender, which could be addressed by transcriptome analyses. To date, no published study in porcine liver has investigated the effects of both gender and feeding level on global gene expression level.We performed a gene expression analysis, using microarrays, in hepatic samples of pigs of the obese Iberian breed to analyze feeding level and gender effects. Results showed that feeding level leads to small expression differences, while gender leads to larger ones. Biological interpretation of the differentially expressed genes condit

ORGANISM(S): Sus scrofa

SUBMITTER: Ana Fernandez 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17309 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress