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. 2013 Jul 9;8(7):e67654. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067654

Table 5. Metabolites that contribute to the separation of male from female for wild-type control (a) and IL-10 gene-deficient mice (b).

Metabolites thatcontribute toseparation of males onthe PLS-DA plot Age (Weeks) Metabolites thatcontribute to separationof females on the PLS-DAplot Age (Weeks)
4 6 8 12 16 20 4 6 8 12 16 20
Metabolites Common to Wild-Type (a) And IL-10 Gene-Deficient (b) Mice
Succinate ab ab ab ab ab ab 1-Methylnicotinamide ab ab ab ab ab ab
Taurine ab ab ab ab ab Lactate b ab ab ab ab ab
Valine ab ab ab ab ab Trimethylamine N-oxide b ab ab ab b ab
Trimethylamine a ab ab ab ab ab Pyruvate b ab ab b ab ab
Methylamine a ab ab ab ab ab Glutarate ab ab ab ab B
N-Isovaleroylglycine a ab ab ab ab ab N-Carbomoyl-β-alanine ab ab a ab
Ethanolamine ab ab a a 3-Methyl-2-Oxovalerate a a a ab a a
Butyrate a ab ab b a Glycolate a a ab a
Creatine ab ab b b cis-Aconitate b b b a ab
Isoleucine a ab a b b
Adipate a a a ab
Pyroglutamate b b ab
3-Hydroxybutyrate ab
Metabolites Common But At Different Time Points In Wild-Type (a) And IL-10 Gene-Deficient (b) Mice
N,N-Dimethylglycine a a a b Fucose b a a a
Uracil a b Betaine b a
2-Aminobutyrate b b a
Metabolites Unique To Wild-Type (a) Mice
Trigonelline a Guanidoacetate a a
Dimethylamine a Formate a a a a
2-Hydroxyisobutyrate a a a Glycin a a
citrate a a 2-Oxoisocaproate a a a a
trans-Aconitate a Acetate a a
Methanol a Allantoin a a
Hippurate a Mannose a a
Phenylacetylglycine a
3-Indoxysulfate a
Metabolites Unique To IL-10 Gene-Deficient (b) Mice
Tyrosine b Urea b
Xylose b O-Acetylcarnitine b
Asparagine b b b b Taurine b
2-Oxoisocaproate b Isoleucine b
Betaine b Adipate b
Malonate b b b Carnitine b
Carnitine b Hippurate b b
Glucose b Xylose b
Mannose b
Total Common 2 9 8 10 6 6 Total Common 1 5 6 6 5 6
Total Wild-Type 11 4 4 4 1 3 Total Wild-Type 4 3 4 3 11 9
Total IL-10 Gene-Deficient 3 4 2 3 6 7 Total IL-10 Gene-Deficient 12 2 2 1 2 1