Characterization of rumen microbiome and immune genes expression of crossbred beef steers with divergent residual feed intake phenotypes

Table 2 Fold change of whole blood innate and adaptive immune genes expression in low- compared with high-RFI steers¹

Gene symbol	Gene name	FC²
CSF2	Colony stimulating factor 2 (granulocyte-macrophage)	24.22
IL17A	Interleukin 17 A	19.13
IL2	Interleukin 2	3.86
MBL2	Mannose-binding lectin (protein C) 2, soluble	2.21
MPO	Myeloperoxidase	1.91
LY96	Lymphocyte antigen 96	1.89
CXCL10	Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 10	1.75
IL15	Interleukin 15	1.60

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