MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in the regulation of a variety of biological processes. However, the research on the regulatory role of bovine mammary epithelial cells (bMECs) is scarce. To date, there are no reports about the role of miR-199a-3p in bMECs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHealthy mammary gland is essential for milk performance in dairy cows. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are the key molecules to regulate the steady state of mammary gland in dairy cows. This study investigated the potential role of miR-29c in bovine mammary epithelial cells (bMECs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCircular RNAs (circRNAs) are widely involved in inflammatory responses, but their specific regulatory roles in cow mastitis remain controversial. In this study, RNA-seq was used to generate a circRNA expression profile, which identified 71 differentially expressed circRNAs (DEcircRNAs) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated MAC-T bovine mammary epithelial cells (bMECs) at different stages of inflammation. Functional analyses revealed that these DEcircRNAs may be involved in cellular proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and the inflammatory responses through regulation of numerous related signaling pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBovine mastitis is an inflammatory response of mammary glands caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as (). As a key virulence factor of , lipopolysaccharide (LPS) triggers innate immune responses via activation of the toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway. However, the molecular regulatory network of LPS-induced bovine mastitis has yet to be fully mapped.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMastitis is a complex inflammatory disease caused by pathogenic infection of mammary tissue in dairy cows. The molecular mechanism behind its occurrence, development, and regulation consists of a multi-gene network including microRNA (miRNA). Until now, there is no report on the role of miR-125b in regulating mastitis in dairy cows.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs the main pathogen causing dairy cow mastitis, can cause subclinical mastitis, which is difficult to be diagnosed. It seriously affects milk quality and the economic benefits of the dairy industry. Therefore, it is very necessary to find biomarkers for early diagnosis of -infected mastitis in peripheral blood of dairy cows.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a critical role in regulating various biological processes, such as cell differentiation and immune modulation by binding to their target genes. miR-223 is a miRNA with important functions and has been widely investigated in recent years. Under certain physiological conditions, miR-223 is regulated by different transcription factors, including sirtuin1 (Sirt1), PU.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFE. coli is the main causative agent of mastitis in dairy cows, but the mechanism of molecular regulation underlying the occurrence and development of mastitis has not yet been fully elucidated. In this study, an E.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs (miRNAs) play crucial roles in regulating innate and adaptive immunity in humans and animals. Infection with or can cause inflammation of the mammary glands, which results in significant economic losses in dairy cattle. However, the regulatory mechanisms of miRNAs in response to or infection in bovine mammary glands have not been thoroughly explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been reported previously that bovine miR-146a (bta-miR-146a) is significantly differentially expressed in mammary glands infected with mastitis, compared with healthy udders. This suggests that bta-miR-146a plays an important role in the regulation of mammary inflammation. However, the specifics of this function have yet to be elucidated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study reports a significant up-regulation of bta-miR-146a and bta-miR-146b expression levels in bovine mammary tissues infected with subclinical, clinical and experimental mastitis. Potential target genes are involved in multiple immunological pathways. These results suggest a regulatory function of both miRNAs for the bovine inflammatory response in mammary tissue.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBovine mastitis is a very complex and common disease of dairy cattle and a major source of economic losses to the dairy industry worldwide. In this study, the bovine TLR4 was taken as a candidate gene for mastitis resistance. This study aimed to analyze the associations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) or haplotype and somatic cell score (SCS) in 404 Chinese commercial dairy cattle including Chinese Holstein, Sanhe cattle and Chinese Simmental breeds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe involvement of melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) is well recognized in the regulation of feeding efficiency, body weight, and energy homeostasis. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between MC3R gene polymorphisms and growth traits. Three novel SNPs (c.
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