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Table 4 Gene ontology showing enriched biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components of whole blood innate and adaptive immune genes in low- compared with high-RFI steers1

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

 

Gene(s)

Raw P-value

FDR2

GO biological process

   

Detection of lipopolysaccharide

LY96

3.54E-06

1.70E-03

Positive regulation of interleukin-23 production

CSF2, IL17A

4.55E-06

2.12E-03

Positive regulation of interleukin-17 production

IL2, IL15

2.65E-05

7.34E-03

Macrophage differentiation

IL15, CSF2

2.65E-05

7.20E-03

Toll-like receptor 4 signaling pathway

LY96

3.19E-05

8.36E-03

Positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein

IL2, IL15, CSF2

6.79E-07

6.52E-04

Receptor signaling pathway via JAK-STAT

IL15, CSF2

7.06E-05

1.43E-02

Defense response to fungus

MPO, IL17A

8.37E-05

1.59E-02

Positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor production

LY96, IL17A

2.01E-06

1.16E-03

Pattern recognition receptor signaling pathway

LY96, MBL2

2.58E-06

1.38E-03

Positive regulation of phagocytosis

IL15, MBL2

2.00E-04

3.31E-02

GO molecular function

   

Toll-like receptor 4 binding

LY96

1.90E-06

1.42E-03

Lipopolysaccharide immune receptor activity

LY96

3.54E-06

1.99E-03

Pattern recognition receptor activity

LY96, MBL-2

2.91E-05

1.31E-02

GO cellular component

   

Lipopolysaccharide receptor complex

LY96

4.55E-06

2.85E-03

  1. 1Low-RFI = feed-efficient beef steers, high-RFI = feed inefficient beef steers
  2. 2False discovery rate (FDR; relative to high-RFI)