Fig. 1

mRNA microarray analyses of IBDV-infected chicken DCs. a Volcano plot map of mRNA expression in control and IBDV-infected DCs at 12 h post-infection. A comparison of expression data was performed using an XY-scatter plot analysis of the log base two-fold change. Data points shown in red represent significant differentially expressed genes; P < 0.01. b Heat map of differentially expressed mRNAs in IBDV-stimulated chicken DCs (The blue one represent control group, which were the cultured DCs, whilst the yellow one represent IBDV-infected DCs. The G1 means group1, which was the control DCs group. While the G3 means group3, which was the IBDV-infected DCs). All of the biological replicates were pooled and calculated to identify differentially expressed mRNAs based on a threshold fold change > 2 and P < 0.01. c Primary GO categorisation based on differentially expressed mRNAs in IBDV-stimulated chicken DCs. d KEGG and BIOCARTA pathway analyses based on differentially expressed mRNAs in IBDV-stimulated chicken DCs