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].