Table 2. Cytokine, Muc, and TFF3 mRNA levels in ileum of DF, Control and BCFA-fed neonatal rats^{1 , 2}.

	DF	Control	BCFA
IL-10	1.0±0.1	1.0±0.1	3.2±1.5*
TGF-β	1.0±0.1	0.7±0.1†	0.7±0.1†
IL-18	1.0±0.1	1.3±0.1	1.7±0.1†
TNF-α	1.0±0.1	2.4±0.8	2.7±0.7†
IFN-γ	1.0±0.3	0.4±0.1†	0.7±0.4
Muc 2	1.0±0.1	0.5±0.1†	0.4±0.1†
Muc 3	1.0±0.1	1.6±0.3	1.2±0.2
Muc 4	1.0±0.1	0.3±0.8†	0.1±0.1†
TFF3	1.0±0.1	1.3±0.2	1.6±0.2

¹Mean steady-state mRNA levels of the Control-fed and BCFA-fed groups are expressed as fold changes relative to corresponding values for the DF group.

²Data are means ± SEM; n = 10–23 pups per treatment.

*p<0.05 vs. Control and vs. DF.

^†p<0.05 vs. DF.