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Table 1 Molecular and cellular functions affected in PMEC by pathogen challenge

From: Gene expression profiling of porcine mammary epithelial cells after challenge with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in vitro

3 h E. coli- challenged vs. unchallenged control cells

p -value

#Molecules

Gene Expression

1.72E-14 - 1.71E-04

46

Cellular Growth and Proliferation

3.56E-14 - 3.13E-04

55

Cellular Development

1.46E-13 - 3.95E-04

52

Cell Death and Survival

1.29E-11 - 3.95E-04

50

Cellular movement

4.13E-11 - 3.95E-04

40

3 hS. aureus- challenged vs. unchallenged control cells

p -value

#Molecules

Small Molecule Biochemistry

4.30E-08 - 4.53E-03

14

Drug Metabolism

2.15E-07 - 4.53E-03

8

Lipid Metabolism

2.15E-07 - 4.53E-03

11

Vitamin and Mineral Metabolism

2.15E-07 - 3.39E-03

4

Energy Production

8.97E-07 - 2.27E-03

4

24 h E. coli- challenged vs. unchallenged control cells

p -value

#Molecules

Cellular Growth and Proliferation

1.46E-15 - 5.35E-03

255

RNA Post-Transcriptional Modification

3.21E-14 - 4.88E-03

53

Cell Cycle

1.46E-12 - 4.88E-03

115

Cell Death and Survival

7.44E-10 - 5.09E-03

226

Cellular Development

4.90E-08 - 5.35E-03

219

24 hS. aureus- challenged vs. unchallenged control cells

p -value

#Molecules

RNA Post-Transcriptional Modification

9.24E-15 - 1.62E-02

42

Cell Cycle

8.61E-10 - 1.62E-02

95

Cellular Growth and Proliferation

8.88E-10 - 1.37E-02

202

Cell Death and Survival

4.29E-08 - 1.62E-02

187

Gene Expression

3.25E-07 - 6.69E-03

156

  1. Top five categories of molecular and cellular functions affected in PMEC at 3 h and at 24 h post-challenge with E. coli and S. aureus, respectively, compared with unchallenged control cells with their respective p-value and number of molecules included in each class obtained from IPA software.