Transcriptome profiling of blood from common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico to enhance health assessment capabilities

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 8; p. e0272345
• Main Authors: Morey, Jeanine S, Balmer, Brian C, Zolman, Eric S, Takeshita, Ryan, De Guise, Sylvain, Rowles, Teresa K, Smith, Cynthia R, Wells, Randall S, Schwacke, Lori H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 24.08.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Aquatic mammals; Assessments; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Blood; Cetacea; Cytoskeleton; Delphinidae; Dolphins; Dolphins & porpoises; Earth Sciences; Evaluation; Exposure; Gene expression; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Homeostasis; Hydrocarbons; Immune response; Immune system; Lung diseases; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mitochondria; Molecular modelling; Network analysis; Oil spills; PCB; Physiology; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Pregnancy; Principal components analysis; Reproductive failure; Toxic diseases; Transcriptomes; Transcriptomics; Tursiops truncatus; Veterinarians; Veterinary medicine; Wildlife; United States; United States > US; Sarasota Florida; Gulf of Mexico

Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and subsequent unusual mortality event, adverse health impacts have been reported in bottlenose dolphins in Barataria Bay, LA including impaired stress response and reproductive, pulmonary, cardiac, and immune function. These conditions were primarily di...