Table 2.
Backfat thickness associated miRNAs.
| miRNA | Mean ± SD (n = 24) |
r (p-value) | miRNA location1 | Gene description2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| miR-378 | 1.33 ± 0.68 | 0.72 (<0.0001) | Intronic | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, coactivator 1 beta (*) |
| miR-196a | 5.39 ± 0.68 | 0.65 (0.0006) | Intergenic | |
| bta-miR-3432 | 3.22 ± 0.47 | 0.48 (0.0177) | - (Intergenic) | |
| miR-92a | 2.75 ± 1.65 | -0.58 (0.0028) | Intronic (Intergenic) | chromosome 13 open reading frame 25 (-) |
| miR-151-3p | 3.27 ± 0.41 | -0.53 (0.0076) | Intronic | protein tyrosine kinase 2 |
| miR-151-5p | 1.89 ± 0.67 | -0.49 (0.0154) | Intronic | protein tyrosine kinase 2 |
| miR-214 | 3.50 ± 1.37 | -0.52 (0.0094) | Intronic | dynamin 3 (similar to dynamin 3) |
| miR-106b | 2.68 ± 0.86 | -0.49 (0.0151) | Intronic | mini-chromosome maintenance protein 7 |
| miR-25 | 3.36 ± 1.53 | -0.48 (0.0164) | Intronic | mini-chromosome maintenance protein 7 |
| miR-93 | 3.43 ± 0.89 | -0.43 (0.0343) | Intronic | mini-chromosome maintenance protein 7 |
| miR-199b | 3.59 ± 0.86 | -0.48 (0.0188) | Intronic | dynamin 1 |
| miR-10b | 2.36 ± 0.98 | -0.45 (0.0282) | Intergenic | |
| miR-186 | 1.38 ± 0.41 | -0.44 (0.0319) | Intronic | zinc finger, RAN-binding domain containing 2 (zinc finger protein 265) |
| miR-23b | 2.24 ± 0.84 | -0.43 (0.0386) | Intronic (Intergenic) | chromosome 9 open reading frame 3 (-) |
| miR-132 | 6.25 ± 0.63 | -0.42 (0.0392) | Intergenic | |
| miR-101 | 4.82 ± 0.57 | -0.42 (0.0412) | Intronic | RNA terminal phosphate cyclase-like |
| miR-27a | -0.47 ± 0.69 | -0.41 (0.0456) | Intergenic | |
| miR-142-5p | 3.41 ± 0.66 | -0.41 (0.0487) | Intergenic |
1miRNA location is listed. If the human/cattle positions are different, the cattle location is presented in parentheses. Data are from miRBase.
2Gene is listed. If the human/cattle genes are different, the cattle gene is presented in parentheses. Data are from miRBase, NCBI and Ensembl.
'-' means not find so far. *This gene in bovine is named IPI00715774.3 (Ensembl) and shares homology to human PGC-1β (Blastp).