Selenium and/or vitamin E upregulate the antioxidant gene expression and parameters in broilers.

Fatma ElgendeyRasha A Al WakeelShabaan A HemedaAya Mohamed ElshwashSabreen Ezzat FadlAaser M AbdelazimMuhanad AlhujailyOlla A Khalifa

Published in: BMC veterinary research (2022)

Therefore, vitamin E and/or selenium can not only act as exogenous antioxidants to prevent oxidative damage by scavenging free radicals and superoxide, but also act as gene regulators, regulating the expression of endogenous antioxidant enzymes.

Keyphrases

gene expression
oxidative stress
anti inflammatory
poor prognosis
dna methylation
genome wide
copy number
hydrogen peroxide
transcription factor
heat stress
binding protein
genome wide identification
nitric oxide