BHLHE23 and hereditary elliptocytosis: There were 10 common DEG between liver and muscle tissue, of which five were downregulated in HE (FANCI, LOC534578, LOC787122, MKI67, and RNASE10), two were upregulated in HE (LOC101905179 and LOC101903301), two were upregulated in muscle but downregulated in liver of HE (BHLHE23 and CYR61), and LOC100196897 was upregulated in muscle and downregulated in liver of HE compared with LE cows.