TY - JOUR AU - Yu, Tian-yue AU - Yong, Yan-hong AU - Li, Jun-yu AU - Fang, Biao AU - Hu, Can-ying AU - Wu, Lian-yun AU - Liu, Xiaoxi AU - Yu, Zhichao AU - Ma, Xingbin AU - Patil, Yadnyavalkya AU - Gooneratne, Ravi AU - Ju, Xiang-hong PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/12 TI - Proteomic study of hypothalamus in pigs exposed to heat stress JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 286 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - With evidence of warming climates, it is important to understand the effects of heat stress in farm animals in order to minimize production losses. Studying the changes in the brain proteome induced by heat stress may aid in understanding how heat stress affects brain function. The hypothalamus is a critical region in the brain that controls the pituitary gland, which is responsible for the secretion of several important hormones. In this study, we examined the hypothalamic protein profile of 10 pigs (15 ± 1 kg body weight), with five subjected to heat stress (35 ± 1 °C; relative humidity = 90%) and five acting as controls (28 ± 3 °C; RH = 90%). SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02505-1 DO - 10.1186/s12917-020-02505-1 ID - Yu2020 ER -