Fig. 6

Functional annotation of DEGs encoding proteins of the heat shock protein (HSP) family and their potential interactions with DElncRNAs. a and b Functional interaction networks among various DEGs that encode heat shock proteins (HSPs) identified in liver (a) and adrenal gland (b) tissues. c and d Interaction networks among different HSP-encoding DEGs and DElncRNAs. Interactions between DEGs and DElncRNAs were predicted by trans-, cis- and sequencing similarity regulatory module. The interaction network was visualized by Cytoscape software. For the nodes, the red ovals mean DElncRNAs, blue rectangles mean DEGs; for the lines, the dark orange lines mean positive correlation between DEGs and DElncRNAs (trans prediction), the blue lines mean negative correlation between DEGs and DElncRNAs (trans prediction), the black lines mean DElncRNAs regulated DEGs by cis-action and the green lines mean DElncRNAs regulated DEGs based on the sequence similarity