Table 6. Effect of dietary treatment on nutrient transporter gene expression between treatments and in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum (Relative expressions) (least square means and SEM).

	Treatment			Region				Treatment	Region
Gene	Control	Chitosan	SEM	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	SEM	P value *	P value *
PEPT1	1.171	1.059	0.2045	1.095	1.149	1.101	0.2496	0.6993	0.9851
SGLT1	1.694	1.072	0.2630	1.477	1.536	1.136	0.3223	0.1032	0.6275
GLUT1	0.952	0.705	0.1173	0.495	1.036	0.941	0.2553	0.1468	0.0465
GLUT2	1.406	1.012	0.2022	1.350	1.506	0.772	0.2474	0.1770	0.0896
GLUT5	1.046	1.179	0.2095	1.082	1.390	0.866	0.2566	0.6554	0.3393
GLUT7	0.996	1.470	0.2555	1.125	1.772	0.802	0.3133	0.1994	0.0865
FABP2	1.558	0.948	0.1954	1.240	1.970	0.550	0.2384	0.0336	0.0005
CD36	0.729	0.919	0.2094	0.495	1.036	0.941	0.3502	0.5237	0.3285

PEPT, peptide transporter; SGLT, sodium-glucose linked transporter; GLUT, glucose transporter; FABP, fatty acid-binding protein; CD36, cluster of differentiation 36; SEM, standard error of mean.

*No interaction between treatment and region P> 0.05.