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. 2019 Jan 21;10:3. doi: 10.1186/s40104-018-0311-8

Table 8.

Effects of arginine infusion on gene expression of amino acid carriers in mammary gland (fold-change relative to control 2−ΔΔCt)

Genes Treatmentsc SEM P-value
Control Arg group Ala group
SLC7A1 1.07 1.55 1.43 0.19 0.06
SLC7A2 0.97b 1.17a 0.91b 0.06 0.01
SLC7A6 0.98 1.07 1.13 0.06 0.06
SLC7A7 0.99 1.08 0.90 0.07 0.06
SLC7A5 1.00 0.98 1.03 0.05 0.60
SLC7A8 1.02b 2.23a 1.16b 0.09 < 0.01

a,bDifferent superscripts within a column represent significant differences (P < 0.05)

cControl, saline; Arg group, saline + 9.42 g/L L-Arg; Ala group: saline + 19.31 g/L L-Ala

Genes: SLC7A1 = solute carrier family 7 member 1; SLC7A2 = solute carrier family 7 member 2; SLC7A5 = solute carrier family 7 member 5; SLC7A6 = solute carrier family 7 member 6; SLC7A7 = solute carrier family 7 member 7; SLC7A8 = solute carrier family 7 member 8