Browsing by Author "Ballester, Maria"
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A Co-Association Network Analysis Reveals Putative Regulators for Health-Related Traits in Pigs
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Pascual, Mariam; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ballester, Maria (Frontiers in Immunology, 2021-11-26) Genètica i Millora AnimalIn recent years, the increase in awareness of antimicrobial resistance together with the societal demand of healthier meat products have driven attention to health-related traits in livestock production. ... -
A gene co-association network regulating gut microbial communities in a Duroc pig population
Reverter, Antonio; Ballester, Maria; Alexandre, Pamela A.; Mármol-Sánchez, Emilio; Dalmau, Antoni; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis (Microbiome, 2021-02-21) Genètica i Millora AnimalBackground. Analyses of gut microbiome composition in livestock species have shown its potential to contribute to the regulation of complex phenotypes. However, little is known about the host genetic ... -
A global analysis of CNVs in swine using whole genome sequence data and association analysis with fatty acid composition and growth traits
Revilla, Manuel; Puig-Oliveras, Anna; Castelló, Anna; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Paludo, Ediane; Fernández, Ana I.; Ballester, Maria; Folch, Josep M. (PLoS ONE, 2017-05-04) Genètica i Millora AnimalCopy number variations (CNVs) are important genetic variants complementary to SNPs, and can be considered as biomarkers for some economically important traits in domestic animals. In the present study, ... -
Analysing the Expression of Eight Clock Genes in Five Tissues From Fasting and Fed Sows
Cardoso, Tainã Figueiredo; Quintanilla, Raquel; Castelló, Anna; Mármol-Sánchez, Emilio; Ballester, Maria; Jordana, Jordi; Amills, Marcel (Frontiers in Genetics, 2018-10-18) Genètica i Millora AnimalIn a previous study, we observed that circadian clock genes are differentially expressed in the skeletal muscle of fasting and fed sows. The goal of the current work was to investigate if these genes ... -
Analysis of porcine adipose tissue transcriptome reveals differences in de novo fatty acid synthesis in pigs with divergent muscle fatty acid composition
Corominas, Jordi; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Puig-Oliveras, Anna; Estellé, Jordi; Castelló, Anna; Alves, Estefania; Pena, Ramona N; Ballester, Maria; Folch, Josep M (BMC Genomics, 2013-12-01) Genètica i Millora AnimalBackground: In pigs, adipose tissue is one of the principal organs involved in the regulation of lipid metabolism. It is particularly involved in the overall fatty acid synthesis with consequences in ... -
Analysis of porcine IGF2 gene expression in adipose tissue and its effect on fatty acid composition
Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Ballester, Maria; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Castelló, Anna; Benítez, Rita; Fernández, Ana Isabel; Folch, Josep M. (Plos One, 2019-08-08) Genètica i Millora AnimalIGF2:g.3072G>A polymorphism has been described as the causal mutation of a maternally imprinted QTL for muscle growth and fat deposition in pigs. The objective of the current work was to study the ... -
Association between the pig genome and its gut microbiota composition
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Migura-Garcia, Lourdes; Estellé, Jordi; Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Revilla, Manuel; Castelló, Anna; Muñoz, María; García-Casco, Juan M.; Fernández, Ana I.; Ballester, Maria; Folch, Josep M. (Scientific Reports, 2019-06-19) Genètica i Millora Animal; Sanitat AnimalThe gut microbiota has been evolving with its host along the time creating a symbiotic relationship. In this study, we assess the role of the host genome in the modulation of the microbiota composition ... -
Characterization of bacterial microbiota compositions along the intestinal tract in pigs and their interactions and functions
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Estellé, Jordi; Revilla, Manuel; Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Óvilo, Cristina; Fernández, Ana I.; Ballester, Maria; Folch, Josep M. (Scientific Reports, 2018-08-28) Genètica i Millora AnimalIn addition to its value in meat production, the pig is an interesting animal model for human digestive tract studies due to its physiological similarities. The aim of this study was to describe the ... -
Comparative Transcriptome Profile between Iberian Pig Varieties Provides New Insights into Their Distinct Fat Deposition and Fatty Acids Content
Villaplana-Velasco, Ana; Noguera, Jose Luis; Natacha Pena, Ramona; Ballester, Maria; Muñoz, Lourdes; González, Elena; Florencio Tejada, Juan; Ibañez-Escriche, Noelia (Animals, 2021-02-27) Genètica i Millora AnimalThe high deposition of intramuscular fat and the content of oleic fatty acid are characteristic of the Iberian pig. These two parameters present great variability and are differentiated amongst the ... -
Comparing the mRNA expression profile and the genetic determinism of intramuscular fat traits in the porcine gluteus medius and longissimus dorsi muscles
González-Prendes, Rayner; Quintanilla, Raquel; Mármol-Sánchez, Emilio; Pena, Ramona N.; Ballester, Maria; Cardoso, Tainã Figueiredo; Manunza, Arianna; Casellas, Joaquim; Cánovas, Ángela; Díaz, Isabel; Noguera, José Luis; Castelló, Anna; Mercadé, Anna; Amills, Marcel (BMC Genomics, 2019-03-04) Genètica i Millora AnimalBackground Intramuscular fat (IMF) content and composition have a strong impact on the nutritional and organoleptic properties of porcine meat. The goal of the current work was to compare the patterns ... -
Conserved Synthetic Peptides from the Hemagglutinin of Influenza Viruses Induce Broad Humoral and T-Cell Responses in a Pig Model
Vergara-Alert, Julia; Argilaguet, Jordi M.; Busquets, Nuria; Ballester, Maria; Martın-Valls, Gerard E.; Rivas, Raquel; Lopez-Soria, Sergio; Solanes, David; Majo, Natalia; Segales, Joaquim; Veljkovic, Veljko; Rodrıguez, Fernando; Darji, Ayub (PLoS ONE, 2012-07-16) Sanitat AnimalOutbreaks involving either H5N1 or H1N1 influenza viruses (IV) have recently become an increasing threat to cause potential pandemics. Pigs have an important role in this aspect. As reflected in the ... -
Dietary intake of bioactive ingredients impacts liver and adipose tissue transcriptomes in a porcine model of prepubertal early obesity
Ballester, Maria; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ortega, Francisco J.; Serrano, José C. E.; Cassanyé, Anna; Rodríguez-Palmero, Maria; Moreno-Muñoz, José A.; Portero-Otin, Manuel; Tibau, Joan (Scientific Reports, 2020-03-25) Genètica i Millora AnimalGlobal prevalence of obesity has increased to epidemic proportions over the past 40 years, with childhood obesity reaching alarming rates. In this study, we determined changes in liver and adipose tissue ... -
Expression analysis of candidate genes for fatty acid composition in adipose tissue and identifcation of regulatory regions
Revilla, Manuel; Puig-Oliveras, Anna; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Castelló, Anna; Fernández, Ana I.; Ballester, Maria; Folch, Josep M. (Scientific Reports, 2018-02-01) Genètica i Millora AnimalThe aim of this work was to study the genetic basis of the backfat expression of lipid-related genes associated with meat quality traits in pigs. We performed a genome-wide association study with ... -
Expression analysis of porcine miR-33a/b in liver, adipose tissue and muscle and its potential role in fatty acid metabolism
Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Ballester, Maria; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Passols, Magí; Castelló, Anna; Sánchez, Armand; Folch, Josep M. (PLoS ONE, 2021-01-26) Genètica i Millora Animalmir-33a and mir-33b are co-transcribed with the SREBF2 and SREBF1 transcription factors, respectively. The main role of SREBF1 is the regulation of genes involved in fatty acid metabolism, while SREBF2 ... -
Expression-based GWAS identifies variants, gene interactions and key regulators affecting intramuscular fatty acid content and composition in porcine meat
Puig-Oliveras, Anna; Revilla, Manuel; Castelló, Anna; Fernández, Ana I.; Folch, Josep M.; Ballester, Maria (Scientific Reports, 2016-08-18) Genètica i Millora AnimalThe aim of this work is to better understand the genetic mechanisms determining two complex traits affecting porcine meat quality: intramuscular fat (IMF) content and its fatty acid (FA) composition. ... -
Genetic parameters and associated genomic regions for global immunocompetence and other health-related traits in pigs
Ballester, Maria; Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; González-Rodríguez, Olga; Pascual, Mariam; Reixach, Josep; Díaz, Marta; Blanc, Fany; López-Serrano, Sergi; Tibau, Joan; Quintanilla, Raquel (Scientific Reports, 2020-10-28) Genètica i Millora Animal; Sanitat AnimalThe inclusion of health-related traits, or functionally associated genetic markers, in pig breeding programs could contribute to produce more robust and disease resistant animals. The aim of the present ... -
Gut eukaryotic communities in pigs: diversity, composition and host genetics contribution
Ramayo-Caldas, Yuliaxis; Prenafeta-Boldú, Francesc; Zingaretti, Laura M.; Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Olga; Dalmau, Antoni; Quintanilla, Raquel; Ballester, Maria (Animal Microbiome, 2020-05-07) Genètica i Millora Animal; Sostenibilitat en BiosistemesBackground The pig gut microbiome harbors thousands of species of archaea, bacteria, viruses and eukaryotes such as protists and fungi. However, since the majority of published studies have been focused ... -
Identification of eQTLs associated with lipid metabolism in Longissimus dorsi muscle of pigs with different genetic backgrounds
Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Ballester, Maria; Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Castelló, Anna; Fernández, Ana I.; Folch, Josep M. (Scientific Reports, 2020-06-17) Genètica i Millora AnimalIntramuscular fat content and its fatty acid composition affect porcine meat quality and its nutritional value. The present work aimed to identify genomic variants regulating the expression in the porcine ... -
Identification of strong candidate genes for backfat and intramuscular fatty acid composition in three crosses based on the Iberian pig
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Revilla, Manuel; Castelló, Anna; Noguera, José L.; Fernández, Ana I.; Ballester, Maria; Folch, Josep M. (Scientific Reports, 2020-08-18) Genètica i Millora AnimalMeat quality has an important genetic component and can be modified by the fatty acid (FA) composition and the amount of fat contained in adipose tissue and muscle. The present study aimed to find genomic ... -
Indel detection from Whole Genome Sequencing data and association with lipid metabolism in pigs
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel; Criado-Mesas, Lourdes; Revilla, Manuel; Castelló, Anna; Fernández, Ana I.; Folch, Josep M.; Ballester, Maria (PLoS ONE, 2019-06-27) Genètica i Millora AnimalThe selection in commercial swine breeds for meat-production efficiency has been increasing among the past decades, reducing the intramuscular fat content, which has changed the sensorial and technological ...