Table 3.
Expression analyses of ERVs.
| Species | Experimental Methods | In Silico Methods | Tissues with Retroviral Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Similar | |||
| Sus scrofa | RT-PCR, Western blot, immunohistochemistry a, qPCR b | NA | Lungs, spleen and lymph nodes, epithelial kidney cell line | Cerebrum, myocard, muscle, colon and kidney | |
| Canis familiaris | (RT)-qPCR c | NA | Placenta | Liver, kidney, mesenteric lymph node, lung, spleen, jejunum, brain and stomach | |
| Felis catus | RT-qPCR d | NA | Placenta | ||
| Equus caballus | RNA transcriptome sequencing e | NA | Kidney, jejunum, liver, spleen and mesenteric lymph node | ||
| Ovis aries | RT-PCR f | NA | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells | Heart, kidney, liver, lung, spleen and fetal thymus | |
| Bos taurus | RT-PCR g | NA | Placenta | ||
| Gallus gallus | RT-PCRh, mRNA-seq i | EST database j | Embryo fibroblast, gonads | ||