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Table 4 Sex-specific transcriptional regulators

From: Sex-specific mouse liver gene expression: genome-wide analysis of developmental changes from pre-pubertal period to young adulthood

Gene Name

Ihh

Klf17

Ybx2

Cdx4

Cux2

Id1

Jazf1

Tox

Trim24

Accession Number

NM_010544

NM_029416

NM_016875

NM_007674

NM_007804

NM_010495

NM_173406

NM_145711

NM_145076

Sex specificity

M

M

M

F

F

F

F

F

F

Onset of sex specificity

4 wk

8 wk

8 wk

4 wk

4 wk

8 wk

8 wk

4 wk

4 wk

Developmental change in M liver (3, 4 wk to 8 wk)

up

up

up

down

down*

down

down

down*

down

Developmental change in F liver (3, 4 wk to 8 wk)

no change

no change

up

no change

up

no change

no change

Up

up*

Response to HNF4α-knockout

down in M

down in M

-

up in M

up in M

up in M up in F

up in M up in F

up in M up in F

up in M up in F

Response to STAT5-knockout

-

-

down in M

no effect

up in M

-

no effect

up in M

up in M

Response to Hypox

down in M

down in M

-

down in F

up in M, down in F

up in M

up in M

up in M

down in F

Response to continuous GH

-

-

down in M at ≥ 4 day

up in M at ≥ 4 day

up in M at ≥ 2 day

-

no effect

no effect

up in M at ≥ 10 hr

  1. Adult sex-specific genes with a |fold change| > 2 and p < 0.0001 for the male 8 wk vs. female 8 wk microarray comparison and having GO descriptors that contain the words "DNA binding" or "transcription" were identified as potential transcriptional regulators. The transcription factor genes listed in this table were previously found to be altered in expression in response to hypophysectomy [27], STAT5b-deficiency [32], HNF4α-deficiency [24], or treatment with continuous GH [46]. M, male, F, female
  2. * Indicates a gene that displayed a developmental change at 4 wk but not 3 wk
  3. - Indicates no probe for the gene on the microarray platform that was used for the analysis.