DEAR EDITOR,During the breast-feeding period,infants undergo remarkable changes,including rapid physiological and developmental growth.However,little is known about gene expression features and sex-specific gene expre...DEAR EDITOR,During the breast-feeding period,infants undergo remarkable changes,including rapid physiological and developmental growth.However,little is known about gene expression features and sex-specific gene expression in breast-feeding infants.In this study,we sequenced 32 blood transcriptomes from 16 breast-feeding rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta)infants and their lactating mothers.We identified 218 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)between infants and mothers,including 91 up-regulated and 127 down-regulated DEGs in the infant group.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Sichuan Application Foundation Project(2020YJ0303)Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Foundation(CPF2017-19)。
文摘DEAR EDITOR,During the breast-feeding period,infants undergo remarkable changes,including rapid physiological and developmental growth.However,little is known about gene expression features and sex-specific gene expression in breast-feeding infants.In this study,we sequenced 32 blood transcriptomes from 16 breast-feeding rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta)infants and their lactating mothers.We identified 218 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)between infants and mothers,including 91 up-regulated and 127 down-regulated DEGs in the infant group.
