Comparative omics and feeding manipulations in chicken indicate a shift of the endocrine role of visceral fat towards reproduction

Comparative omics and feeding manipulations in chicken indicate a shift of the endocrine role of visceral fat towards reproduction

Abstract Background The mammalian adipose tissue plays a central role in energy-balance control, whereas the avian visceral fat hardly expresses leptin, the key adipokine in mammals. Therefore, to assess the endocrine role of adipose tissue in birds, we compared the transcriptome and proteome betwee...

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Main Authors: Susanne Bornelöv, Eyal Seroussi, Sara Yosefi, Sharon Benjamini, Shoval Miyara, Mark Ruzal, Manfred Grabherr, Nima Rafati, Anna-Maja Molin, Ken Pendavis, Shane C. Burgess, Leif Andersson, Miriam Friedman-Einat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Chickens
Adipose tissue
Adipokines
PTEN-pathway
Adipolin
SFTPA1
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4675-0

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