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Prediction of key regulators and downstream targets of E. coli induced mastitis
Journal of Applied Genetics
  • Somayeh Sharifi, Iowa State University
  • Abbas Pakdel, Isfahan University of Technology
  • Esmaeil Ebrahimie, The University of Adelaide
  • Yalda Aryan, Payam Noor University
  • Mostafa Ghaderi Zefrehee, Yasouj University
  • James M. Reecy, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
6-11-2019
DOI
10.1007/s13353-019-00499-7
Abstract

Mastitis, an inflammatory response of mammary glands to invading bacteria, is one of the most economically costly diseases affecting dairy animals. E. coli can introduced as a major etiological agent of bovine mastitis in wellmanaged dairy farms. It is of great significance to understand the regulatory mechanisms by which the disease can be controlled. High-throughput technologies combined with novel computational systems biology tools have provided new opportunities for better understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie disease. In the current study, the results of microarray meta-analysis research were used to perform a network analysis to potentially identify molecular mechanisms that regulate gene expression profile in response to E. coli mastitis. In our result, transcription factors, TP53, SP1, ligands, INS, IFNG, EGF, and protein kinases, MAPK1, MAPK14, AKT1, were identified as the key upstream regulators whereas protein kinases, MAPK3, MAPK8, MAPK14, ligands, VEGFA, IL10, an extracellular protein, MMP2, and a mitochondrial membrane protein, BCL2, were identified as the key downstream targets of differentially expressed genes. The results of this research revealed important genes that have the key functions in immune response, inflammation or mastitis which can provide the basis for strategies to improve the diagnosis and treatment of mastitis in dairy cows.

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This is a manuscript of an aritcle published as Sharifi, Somayeh, Abbas Pakdel, Esmaeil Ebrahimie, Yalda Aryan, Mostafa Ghaderi Zefrehee, and James M. Reecy. "Prediction of key regulators and downstream targets of E. coli induced mastitis." Journal of applied genetics (2019). doi: 10.1007/s13353-019-00499-7. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Somayeh Sharifi, Abbas Pakdel, Esmaeil Ebrahimie, Yalda Aryan, et al.. "Prediction of key regulators and downstream targets of E. coli induced mastitis" Journal of Applied Genetics (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_reecy/141/