Aliquots (100 ng) of total RNA obtained from 3 animals per group on week 9 (cohort 1) and 4 animals per group on weeks 17 (cohort 2) and 22 (cohort 3) were individually converted to cRNA and labeled with a Gene ChIP® Poly-A RNA Control Kit, WT Amplification Kit, and Gene ChIP® WT Terminal Labeling Kit (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Hybridization, washing, and staining were performed using Affymetrix® MoGene2.1 ST Array Strips and a GeneAtlas® Hybridization Wash and Stain Kit for WT Assay Strips (Affymetrix), according to the manufacturer’s protocols. After washing, MoGene2.1 Array Strips were analyzed using a GeneAtlas Imaging Station (Affymetrix). Data analyses were performed using Expression Console (Affymetrix) and Transcriptome Analysis Console (Affymetrix). The cut-off point: ≤−2 or ≥2 of a linear fold change and ANOVA P values were used as described in our previous studies45 (link),46 (link).
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