Table 4 Results of IPA downsream effects analysis for muscle atrophy genes in arctic ground squrrels at torpor entry as compared to summer active animals.

From: Transcriptional changes in muscle of hibernating arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii): implications for attenuation of disuse muscle atrophy

Genes in dataset

Prediction (based on expr change direction)

Expr Fold Change (this study)

Findings (reported in references)

Reference

PPARGC1B

Decreased

2.877

Decreases

40

GADD45A

Increased

2.667

Increases

41

MET

Affected

2.582

Affects

54

MAMSTR

Decreased

2.380

Decreases

55

NFKBIA*

Decreased

−2.849

Increases

39

FOXO3*

Decreased

−3.022

Increases

35

GDF11

Affected

−3.148

Affects

56

CBLB

Decreased

−3.152

Increases

38

FBXO32

Decreased

−3.278

Increases

34

DHTKD1

Affected

−3.672

Affects

NCBI, CLINVAR

ATF3*

Affected

−3.988

Affects

57

HSPB1*

Affected

−4.284

Affects

58

FOXO1*

Decreased

−4.876

Increases

35

TRIM63*

Decreased

−5.283

Increases

34

CFLAR*

Affected

−5.747

Affects

59

  1. Genes with known effects on muscle atrophy are in bold, asterics indicate genes with significant transcriptional changes of the same direction at late torpor.