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ArticleBMC genomic data2022

Identification of key sex-specific pathways and genes in the subcutaneous adipose tissue from pigs using WGCNA method.

Huiyu Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Mingli Li, Shuyan Wang, Qiang Chen, Shaoxiong Lu

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Article in BMC genomic data, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Huiyu Wang *Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, No. 95 of Jinhei Road, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
Xiaoyi Wang *Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, No. 95 of Jinhei Road, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
Mingli LiFaculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, No. 95 of Jinhei Road, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
Shuyan WangFaculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, No. 95 of Jinhei Road, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China.
Qiang ChenFaculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, No. 95 of Jinhei Road, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China. chq@sjtu.edu.cn.
Shaoxiong LuFaculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, No. 95 of Jinhei Road, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, China. shxlu_ynau@163.com.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdipose tissues (ATs), including visceral ATs (VATs) and subcutaneous ATs (SATs), are crucial for maintaining energy and metabolic homeostasis. SATs have been found to be closely related to obesity and obesity-induced metabolic disease. Some studies have shown a significant association between subcutaneous fat metabolism and sexes. However, the molecular mechanisms for this association are still unclear. Here, using the pig as a model, we investigated the systematic association between the subcutaneous fat metabolism and sexes, and identified some key sex-specific pathways and genes in the SATs from pigs.

resultsThe results revealed that 134 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in female and male pigs from the obese group. A total of 17 coexpression modules were detected, of which six modules were significantly correlated with the sexes (P < 0.01). Among the significant modules, the greenyellow module (cor = 0.68, P < 9e-06) and green module (cor = 0.49, P < 0.003) were most significantly positively correlated with the male and female, respectively. Functional analysis showed that one GO term and four KEGG pathways were significantly enriched in the greenyellow module while six GO terms and six KEGG pathways were significantly enriched in the green module. Furthermore, a total of five and two key sex-specific genes were identified in the two modules, respectively. Two key sex-specific pathways (Ras-MAPK signaling pathway and type I interferon response) play an important role in the SATs of males and females, respectively.

conclusionsThe present study identified some key sex-specific pathways and genes in the SATs from pigs, which provided some new insights into the molecular mechanism of being involved in fat formation and immunoregulation between pigs of different sexes. These findings may be beneficial to breeding in the pig industry and obesity treatment in medicine.

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Gene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksAdipose TissueAnimalsFemaleMaleObesitySubcutaneous FatSwineKey pathways and genesPigsSexSubcutaneous fat tissueWGCNA

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