Global hepatic transcript data from fed male BXD strains on chow or high fat diet

Gene expression levels assessed by microarray in liver samples collected from the BXD mouse genetic diversity model fed either a standard chow or a high fat diet at a fed state. 36 BXD strains, including parental C57BL/6J and DBA/2J strains are included. At 29 weeks of age, mice were fasted overday and refed with their respective diet for 4 hours before sacrifice, following the physiological eating cycle. Liver samples were collected and the gallbladder was discarded. The samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen for RNA extraction and RNEasy cleanup. Each dietary and strain cohort consisted of ~5 animals which were prepared independently then pooled evenly by µg RNA before the Affymetrix arrays were run.