Table 7.

Relative expression (treatment means, log-2 scale) of genes involved in inflammation and cell growth during the peripartal period in cows fed (n = 5/treatment) control, fish oil (FISH), or saturated lipid (SFAT).

Gene	Prepartum			Postpartum			SEM†	P value
	Control	FISH	SFAT	Control	FISH	SFAT		Diet	Time	D × T‡
Inflammation related genes
IL6	3.04a	2.11a,*	1.06b	2.32a	0.90b,*	1.48b	0.35	0.01	0.03	0.02
TBK1	4.37a	3.68a,*	2.78b	4.04a	1.98b,*	3.44a	0.38	0.03	0.05	<0.01
IKBKE	3.58a	3.28a,*	2.17b	3.34a	1.39b,*	2.76a	0.37	0.05	0.03	<0.01
Apoptosis
CIDEB	5.38	4.40*	4.18	5.63a	3.52b,*	4.82a	0.40	0.02	0.99	0.04

Notes:

^†Standard error of the mean;

^‡diet × time interaction.

^a–cDifference (D × T, P < 0.05) between diets at the prepartum or postpartum times.

^*Difference (D × T, P < 0.05) prepartum vs. postpartum within diet.