An Integrated Profiling of Liver Metabolome and Transcriptome of Pigs Fed Diets with Different Starch Sources.

ABSTRACT: Diets containing higher-amylose-content starches were proved to have some beneficial effects on monogastric animals, such as promoting the proliferation of intestinal probiotics. However, current research on the effects of diets with different starch sources on animals at the extraintestinal level is still very limited. We hypothesized that diets with different starch sources may affect lipid-related gene expression and metabolism in the liver of pigs. This study aimed to use adult pig models to evaluate the effects of diets with different starch sources (tapioca starch, TS; pea starch, PS) on the liver gene expressions and metabolism. In total, 48 growing pigs were randomly assigned to the TS and PS diets with 8 replicate pens/group and 3 pigs per pen. On day 44 of the experiment, liver s

SUBMITTER: Yu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11591517 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature