Figure 3

Comparative Analysis of Species-Conserved, Ligand-Specific Gene Expression. (A) cDNA microarrays were used containing 13,361 mouse clones representing 8,734 unique genes and 8,507 rat clones representing 5,684 unique genes. (B) Differentially expressed genes regulated by each ligand were identified using relaxed criteria to minimize the likelihood of false-negatives that marginally failed to meet the selection criteria. Differentially expressed genes elicited by both EE and TAM were analyzed for similarity in their temporal profiles by comparative analysis. Genes were designated as either CoActive-Similar direction (CAS), CoActive-Divergent direction (CAD), Displaced Active Similar direction (DAS), or Displaced Active Divergent direction (DAD) based on the relationship between the time and direction of differential regulation, and the significance (P1(t)) of the expression profile relative to the VEH control. (C) The comparative results were plotted on a coordinate correlation graph. A majority of genes show positive correlation between ligands for both fold change and P1(t) value. (D) Cross species analysis of ligand-divergent (CAD) expression profiles indicate no conservation.