Effects of intramuscular fat on meat quality and its regulation mechanism in Tan sheep

X Zhang, C Liu, Y Kong, F Li, X Yue - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Intramuscular fat (IMF) contributes importantly to various aspects of meat quality, and genetic
regulation is an effective pathway to improve IMF deposition in sheep. In this study, we …

Transcriptional insights into key genes and pathways controlling muscle lipid metabolism in broiler chickens

L Liu, X Liu, H Cui, R Liu, G Zhao, J Wen - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Intramuscular fat (IMF) is one of the most important factors positively associated
with meat quality. Triglycerides (TGs), as the main component of IMF, play an essential role …

Circular RNA profiling identifies novel circPPARA that promotes intramuscular fat deposition in pigs

B Li, Y He, W Wu, X Tan, Z Wang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Intramuscular fat (IMF) content plays an important role in pork quality. Circular RNAs
(circRNAs) implicate various biological processes; however, the regulatory mechanisms and …

Proteomic and lipidomic analyses reveal saturated fatty acids, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and associated proteins contributing to intramuscular fat …

J Zhou, Y Zhang, J Wu, M Qiao, Z Xu, X Peng… - Journal of Proteomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Intramuscular fat (IMF) content is an important factor in porcine meat quality. Previous
studies have screened multiple candidate genes related to IMF deposition, but the lipids that …

Identification of candidate genes and regulatory factors underlying intramuscular fat content through longissimus dorsi transcriptome analyses in heavy Iberian pigs

M Muñoz, JM García-Casco, C Caraballo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
One of the most important determinants of meat quality is the intramuscular fat (IMF) content.
The development of high-throughput techniques as RNA-seq allows identifying gene …

Subcutaneous and intramuscular fat transcriptomes show large differences in network organization and associations with adipose traits in pigs

Y Zhang, Y Sun, Z Wu, X Xiong, J Zhang, J Ma… - Science China Life …, 2021 - Springer
Subcutaneous fat (SCF) and intramuscular fat (IMF) deposition is relevant to health in
humans, as well as meat production and quality in pigs. In this study, we generated RNA …

Muscle transcriptome analysis reveals potential candidate genes and pathways affecting intramuscular fat content in pigs

X Zhao, H Hu, H Lin, C Wang, Y Wang, J Wang - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Intramuscular fat (IMF) content plays an essential role in meat quality. For identifying
potential candidate genes and pathways regulating IMF content, the IMF content and the …

Characteristics of transcriptome and metabolome concerning intramuscular fat content in Beijing Black Pigs

X Hou, R Zhang, M Yang, N Niu, W Zong… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
To study the characteristics of genes and metabolites related to intramuscular fat (IMF)
content with less influence by breed background and individual differences, the skeletal …

Global analysis of the association between pig muscle fatty acid composition and gene expression using RNA-Seq

J Valdés-Hernández, Y Ramayo-Caldas, M Passols… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Fatty acids (FAs) play an essential role as mediators of cell signaling and signal
transduction, affecting metabolic homeostasis and determining meat quality in pigs …

Association of twelve candidate gene polymorphisms with the intramuscular fat content and average backfat thickness of Chinese Suhuai pigs

B Wang, P Li, W Zhou, C Gao, H Liu, H Li, P Niu… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Appropriate intramuscular fat content (IFC) is the goal of consumers and
the direction that breeders must pursue. However, it is difficult to improve the IFC but not …