Table 2. Number of genes up- and down-regulated with each dietary insult compared to its control, in each strain of rat (n = 8 animals per group; RHL – Rowett hooded Lister, MLP – maternal low protein, FeD – iron deficient).
| Wistar | RHL | Both Strains | |||||||
| Genes Up-regulated | Genes Down-regulated | Total | Genes Up-regulated | Genes Down-regulated | Total | Genes Up-regulated | Genes Down-regulated | Total | |
| MLP | 431 | 291 | 722 | 951 | 1256 | 2207 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| FeD | 1082 | 1013 | 2095 | 1437 | 815 | 2252 | 47 | 21 | 68 |
| Both Diets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 27 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Italic boxes highlight numbers of potential gatekeeper genes.