Expression of the long noncoding RNA Neat1 in saliva, blood, and ventromedial hypothalamus of pigs exposed to psychosocial stressors
Dane Webster, Luoyang Ding, Song Zhang, Darryl D'Souza, Alan Tilbrook, Katelyn Tomas, Sarah Babington, Kate Plush, Dominique Blache, Archa Fox · 2026
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Description
A long noncoding RNA named Neat1 steers stress responses inside cells, and it may be readable from spit. Dane Webster and co-authors measured it in stressed pigs in this 2026 study. Pigs faced social mixing, which sparks conflict, and brief restraint. Samples came from saliva, blood, and a brain region that helps govern stress and emotion.
Twelve-week-old pigs gave all three sample types. Standard lab tests confirmed the RNA could be measured in each one. Two forms of the RNA were tracked. Their levels did not move together across tissues, so no single fluid mirrors the brain. Still, finding it in saliva opens a painless sampling route. Farm welfare checks could one day read stress from a swab.
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| CREATOR | Dane Webster, Luoyang Ding, Song Zhang, Darryl D'Souza, Alan Tilbrook, Katelyn Tomas, Sarah Babington, Kate Plush, Dominique Blache, Archa Fox |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |