Fig 6. Transcriptome expression profiles of selected genes involved in cholesterol biosynthesis and export in acute T. gondii infection.
Microarray data in brain and peripheral lymphocytes in infection with ME49 (type II) and RH (type I) parasites (data from Jia et al. [12]). RNa-seq data in liver in infection with PYS (type I/III) parasites (data from He et al. [14]). Panel A–extract from cholesterol biosynthetic pathway and export (adapted from KEGG pathways). Panel B–differential gene expression represented by fold change values / color for each microarray probe or gene: mouse brain in T. gondii type II / type I infection (ME_Br / RH_Br); mouse peripheral lymphocytes in T. gondii type II / type I infection (ME_PL / RH_PL); mouse liver in T. gondii strain PYS (type I/III). A–not identified as a differentially expressed gene in all three biological replicates.
