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. 2015 Oct 23;10(10):e0141215. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141215

Table 4. The effect of thermally cool perch on mRNA expression of cytokines, toll-like receptors, and inducible nitric oxide synthase in the spleen of 32 week-old laying hens 1 .

Treatment IL-1β IL-6 LITAF TLR-4 iNOS
 Cool Perch 0.75 0.79 1.65 2.35 1.33
 Air Perch 0.69 0.60 1.87 2.40 1.30
 No Perch 0.68 0.59 2.10 2.04 1.04
 SEM 0.11 0.15 0.57 0.56 0.27
 n 2 12 12 12 12 12
P-value 0.89 0.59 0.46 0.89 0.71

1Data were presented as Mean±SEM. The data were calculated by the equation: tested mRNA quantity value (mean of replicated target mRNA value/GAPDH quantity mean of replicate endogenous control value).

2Average number of observations per least square mean.

GAPDH = glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; iNOS = inducible nitric oxide synthase; IL-1β = interleukin 1 beta; IL-6 = interleukin 6; TLR-4 = toll-like receptor 4; LITAF = lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor [43].