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. 2004 Feb;32(1):257-78.
doi: 10.1677/jme.0.0320257.

Expressions of hepatic genes, especially IGF-binding protein-1, correlating with serum corticosterone in microarray analysis

R Y S Cheng  1 , L A Birely, N L Lum, C M Perella, J M Cherry, N K Bhat, K S Kasprzak, D A Powell, W G Alvord, L M Anderson
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Expressions of hepatic genes, especially IGF-binding protein-1, correlating with serum corticosterone in microarray analysis

R Y S Cheng et al. J Mol Endocrinol. 2004 Feb.

Abstract

Microarray technology was evaluated for usefulness in assessing relationships between serum corticosterone and hepatic gene expression. Nine pairs of female Swiss mice were chosen to provide a wide range of serum corticosterone ratios; cDNA microarray analysis (approximately 8000 genes) was performed on their livers. A statistical method based on calculation of 99% confidence intervals discovered 32 genes which varied significantly among the livers. Five of these ratios correlated significantly with serum corticosterone ratio, including tyrosine aminotransferase, stress-induced protein, pleiotropic regulator 1 and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1; the latter has a potential role in cancer development. Secondly, linear regression of gene expression vs corticosterone ratios was screened for those with r> or =0.8 (P<0.01), yielding 141 genes, including some known to be corticosterone regulated and others of interest as possible glucocorticoid targets. Half of these significant correlations involved data sets where no microarray ratio exceeded +/- 1.5. These results showed that microarray may be used to survey tissues for changes in gene expression related to serum hormones, and that even small changes in expression can be of statistical significance in a study with adequate numbers of replicate samples.

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