Table 4. Protein concentration and gene expression of inflammatory and regulatory mediators in the colon of untreated piglets and DSS-treated piglets that were or not fed MCM.

	Treatment
	NEG	POS	MCM
Protein, pg/g tissue
TNF-α	291 ± 8#	478 ± 56*	413 ± 30*
IL-6	16 ± 2#	26 ± 2*	19 ± 2#
Gene Expression, -fold of NEG
IL-1β	1.0 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.4	0.2 ± 0.0*#
IL-6	1.0 ± 0.1#	4.1 ± 1.4*	1.1 ± 0.1#
IL-17	1.0 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.0*#
TNF-α	1.0 ± 0.3#	1.6 ± 0.4	0.4 ± 0.0*#

Data are mean ± SEM. N=3; Means in a row superscripts with “*” differ significantly from NEG and those with “^#” differ significantly from POS; P<0.05. NEG, negative control; POS, DSS positive control; MCM, DSS positive with MCM treatment. DSS, dextran sodium sulfate.