@conference {69465,
	title = {Effect of growth hormone on the liver transcriptome profile during established lactation in the dairy cow},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {33-38},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {Milk production involves a coordinated metabolic response from multiple tissues. Administration of growth hormone (GH) to lactating cows provides an endocrine signal that redirects nutrients towards milk production. Hepatic responses to GH define the nutrient supply to peripheral organs both directly and indirectly, through processes such as gluconeogenesis and endocrine modulation. However, the mechanisms controlling these processes in the liver itself have not been completely elucidated. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of GH on gene expression in the liver of lactating dairy cows. Using a 22,690 expressed sequence tags (EST) bovine cDNA microarrays, we examined differences in liver mRNA transcript profiles between four cows treated with a slow-release formulation of GH and four control cows treated with saline solution. We identified 38 unique transcripts in liver that met the criteria of having expression changes greater than +/- 1.2 fold and false discovery rates <0.05. Of these genes affected by GH, 29 were down-regulated and nine were up-regulated. The pathways most affected by GH were carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, molecule transport and small molecule biochemistry. This preliminary study provides further insights into the molecular changes involved in the effects of GH on liver gene expression in the lactating dairy cow.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Pacheco D and Nones K and Sciascia Q and McCoard SA}
}
@conference {69466,
	title = {Effect of growth hormone on the mammary transcriptome profile during established lactation in the dairy cow},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {39-42},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {Gene expression profiling studies have provided insights into the potential mechanisms involved in a range of physiological processes in the ruminant mammary gland. However, despite the well established galactopoietic effect of growth hormone (GH) in lactating ruminants (Bauman, 1999; Akers, 2006), the molecular mechanism(s) that mediate the effects of GH on milk production are not fully understood.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {McCoard SA and Hayashi AA and Pacheco D and Sciascia Q and Nones K and Rounce JR and Sinclair BR and McNabb WC and Roy NC}
}
