Table 7. List of genes that exhibited decreasing ranking across time point as revealed by the MNI analysis, with a peak at 2 week in the epididymal adipose tissue of mice.

Gene accession No.	Gene symbol	Description	Fold change (HFD/ND)
			2wk	4wk	8wk	12wk
Epididymal adipose tissue
Insulin resistance
NM_023173	Dusp12	Dual specificity phosphatase 12	2.5	1.8	2.1	1.7
Inflammation
NM_031181	Siglece	Sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin E	2.1	1.9	1.7	1.7
Cancer
NM_172461	Nek11	NIMA (never in mitosis gene a)-related expressed kinase 11	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6
XM_286168	A4gnt	Alpha-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase	2.0	1.7	1.6	1.5
Olfactory transduction
NM_146723	Olfr513	Olfactory receptor 513	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
NM_146717	Olfr433	Olfactory receptor 433	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.5
Others
NM_022318	Popdc2	Popeye domain containing 2	2.6	2.0	1.8	1.9
XM_901428	EG629397	Predicted gene, EG629397	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.4
XM_899101	Camsap1	Calmodulin regulated spectrin-associated protein 1-like 1	3.4	2.2	2.3	2.6
NM_177769	Elmod1	ELMO domain containing 1	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4
NM_010768	Matk	Megakaryocyte-associated tyrosine kinase	2.3	1.8	1.7	1.8
NM_177078	Adrbk2	Adrenergic receptor kinase, beta 2	2.7	2.1	2.2	2.1
NM_013679	Svs6	Seminal vesicle secretory protein 6	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
XM_486653	EG434760	Predicted gene, EG434760	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4
NM_001030297	Tmprss11c	Transmembrane protease, serine 11c	1.9	1.5	2.0	1.7
NM_026338	4921517D21Rik	RIKEN cDNA 4921517D21 gene	2.9	2.5	2.8	2.0
NM_133879	Zbtb4	Zinc finger and BTB domain containing 48	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.5
NM_001034875	Gm1006	Gene model 1006, (NCBI)	2.1	2.1	1.7	2.0
NM_016802	Rhoa	Ras homolog gene family, member A	2.1	2.1	1.7	2.0
NM_177887	BC022651	cDNA sequence BC022651	1.8	1.4	1.6	1.5
NM_207670	Grasp	GRIP1 associated protein	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.3
NM_183124	Defb41	Defensin beta 41	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.7