Table 3.
Log2-backtransformed least squares means of adipose gene expression data in transition cows with high (HI; BCS ≥ 3.75) or low (LO; BCS ≤ 3.25) body condition score at -10, +7, and +20 d from calving
| BCS × Time | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene | BCS1 | Time | HI | LO | SEM2 | P-value | |||||||||
| HI | LO | −10 | +7 | +20 | −10 | +7 | +20 | −10 | +7 | +20 | BCS | Time | BCS × Time | ||
| GPR40 | Not expressed | ||||||||||||||
| GPR84 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.19a | 0.69b | 0.46b | 0.21a | 0.39a,b* | 0.61b | 0.17a | 1.21b* | 0.34a | 0.40 | 0.62 | <0.01 | 0.03 |
| GPR120 | 0.46 | 0.72 | 1.69a | 0.49b | 0.22c | 1.36 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 2.09 | 0.67 | 0.26 | 0.64 | 0.08 | <0.01 | 0.89 |
| GPR109A | 1.05 | 1.30 | 1.12 | 1.40 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 0.89 | 1.10 | 1.68 | 1.17 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.33 |
a,b,cStatistical difference (P < 0.05) among time points within the same group
*Statistical difference (P < 0.05) between groups within time points
1Body condition score
2Largest standard error of the mean