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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Physiol Biochem. 2016 Dec 24;73(2):215–224. doi: 10.1007/s13105-016-0542-0

Table 2.

The expression levels of Anorectic genes altered in EF in female and male FBN rats

Anorectic genes Epicardial fat

Female Male


Refseq Symbol Description Fold p value Fold p value
NM_012737 Apoa4 Apolipoprotein A-IV 3.74 0.005 0.47 0.130
NM_012513 Bdnf Brain derived neurotrophic factor 10.3 0.001 2.82 0.340
NM_152845 Brs3 Bombesin-like receptor 3 16.1 0.0001 1.81 0.393
NM_053816 Calcr Calcitonin receptor 10.4 0.0001 1.74 0.372
NM_013139 Clps Colipase, pancreatic 3.78 0.031 0.78 0.599
NM_031019 Crh Corticotropin-releasing hormone 9.86 0.0004 1.49 0.517
NM_030999 Crhr1 Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 8.10 0.001 1.99 0.297
NM_012546 Drd1a Dopamine receptor D1A 10.2 0.000 3.57 0.113
NM_012547 Drd2 Dopamine receptor D2 6.71 0.059 22.4 0.000
NM_0010348 Gh1 Growth hormone 1 6.13 0.0009 1.44 0.566
NM_012728 Glp1r Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor 7.74 0.002 1.79 0.454
NM_139193 Prlhr Prolactin-releasing hormone receptor 10.1 0.000 1.39 0.665
NM_012706 Grpr Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor 10.5 0.004 4.66 0.017
NM_017018 Hrh1 Histamine receptor H 1 3.51 0.030 0.79 0.493
NM_012765 Htr2c 5-Hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) receptor 2C 10.3 0.007 4.47 0.161
NM_012596 Lepr Leptin receptor 1.27 0.570 2.80 0.040
NM_001025270 Mc3r Melanocortin 3 receptor 29.6 0.0002 4.65 0.330
XM_218815 Nmb_ Neuromedin B 0.04 0.0001 0.39 0.399
NM_012799 Nmbr Neuromedin B receptor 3.77 0.003 1.02 0.968
NM_023100 Nmur1 Neuromedin U receptor 1 2.23 0.394 0.05 0.021
NM_021589 Ntrk1 Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase, receptor, type 1 4.11 0.004 1.07 0.896
XM_345484 Ntsr1 Neurotensin receptor 1 1.67 0.171 7.62 0.002
NM_012719 Sstr1 Somatostatin receptor 1 9.56 0.000 1.97 0.369
NM_013046 Trh Thyrotropin-releasing hormone 4.69 0.000 1.11 0.864
NM_013047 Trhr Trh receptor 6.70 0.003 0.31 0.115
NM_019150 Ucn Urocortin 9.87 0.000 1.24 0.717
NM_017338 Calcα Calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide, alpha 0.32 0.015 0.19 0.040
NM_001003929 Cntfr Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor 0.04 0.006 0.58 0.563
NM_172092 Gcgr Glucagon receptor 0.39 0.201 0.86 0.878
NM_017019 Il1a Interleukin 1 alpha 0.20 0.000 0.29 0.036
NM_031512 Il1b Interleukin 1 beta 0.10 0.022 0.18 0.298
NM_017020 Il6r α Interleukin 6 receptor, alpha 0.02 0.00005 5.51 0.170
NM_017071 Insr Insulin receptor 0.09 0.014 0.84 0.911
NM_013076 Lep Leptin 0.12 0.027 5.35 0.254
NM_139326 Pomc Proopiomelanocortin 0.20 0.005 0.75 0.812
NM_020100 Ramp3 Receptor activity modifying protein 3 0.36 0.233 3.41 0.136
XM_342317 Sort1 Sortilin 1 0.09 0.038 1.13 0.930
NM_012659 Sst Somatostatin 0.88 0.894 0.14 0.039
NM_012675 Tnf Tumor necrosis factor 0.32 0.217 1.70 0.500

The variations in expression profile of anorectic genes between younger and aged rats are expressed as fold changes. Two-tailed Student’s t test was used to analyze the statistical significance. The gene changes that reached statistical significance are in italics