Figure 5.
Effects of heat stress and RSV on the splenic transcriptome of 42-day-old broilers (d 14 of heat treatment). (A) Numbers of RSV-induced differentially expressed splenic genes (P < 0.05 and fold change ≥ 2; n = 4). (B) GO terms enrichment of splenic gene expression for up genes in broilers (P < 0.05). (C) KEGG terms enrichment of splenic gene expression for up genes n broilers (P < 0.05). (D) GO terms enrichment of splenic gene expression for down genes in broilers (P < 0.05). (E) The heat map of DEG genes in broilers. (F) Validation of the gene expression profile by real-time PCR. Asterisk means significant difference with HT group (*P < 0.05). RSV, resveratrol; HT, heat stress.
