Publications by authors named "Kuncheng Xie"
Bovine reproduction, including male fertility traits like semen quality, are influenced by a variety of different factors like breed, nutrition, environment, and feeding management. Diet in a crucial determinant, and in this regard although corn silage is generally considered to be a favorable roughage for fattening meat type breeds, it tends to have a negative impact on semen quality. In the current study, alfalfa hay was substituted by corn silage as a roughage source in the diet of bulls to investigate its effects on the fertility of breeding bulls.
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- This research focuses on long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and their role in adipogenesis, particularly in bovine intramuscular adipocytes, which is important for both livestock meat quality and human metabolic disease treatments.
- The study identified 7035 lncRNAs during various stages of adipogenesis, with a special emphasis on a novel lncRNA named BIANCR, which shows significant regulatory functions in this process.
- Findings suggest that BIANCR influences both the growth and development of fat cells and affects the signaling pathway involved, which could lead to better meat quality and insights into metabolic diseases.