Transcriptome adaptation of the bovine mammary gland to diets rich in unsaturated fatty acids shows greater impact of linseed oil over safflower oil on gene expression and metabolic pathways

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ibeagha Awemu, Eveline M ^a   Li, Ran ^a   Ammah, Adolf A ^a   Dudemaine, Pier Luc ^a   Bissonnette, Nathalie ^a   Benchaar, Chaouki ^a   Zhao, Xin ^b  

^a SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Holstein cows; Fatty acid synthesis; Linseed oil; Lipid metabolism; Lipid synthesis; Mammary gland; Safflower oil; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; LINOLENIC ACID; LINSEED OIL; MILK FAT; MILK PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 4; SAFFLOWER OIL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACADVL GENE; ADORA2B GENE; ALDH1L2 GENE; ANGPTL4 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; CALB1 GENE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CNTFR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPT1A GENE; DBI GENE; DOWN REGULATION; F2RL1 GENE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FBP2 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOLSTEIN CATTLE; HPGD GENE; IGFBP2 GENE; LIPID METABOLISM; MILK; NONHUMAN; NQO1 GENE; PDK4 GENE; PIGZ GENE; PIK3CG GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RUMEN FLUID; SCP2 GENE; SPTLC3 GENE; TIEG2 GENE; TRIB3 GENE; TXN GENE; UCP2 GENE; UDDER; UPREGULATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; LINSEED OIL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFFLOWER OIL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84957547598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2423-x     Document Type: Article

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