Table 5.

Small intestine gene expression from 28-day-old rats.

	TLR4	Occludin	IL-10	TGFβ
REF	100.00 ± 19.46	100.00 ± 17.14	100.00 ± 17.65	100.00 ± 15.79
DRI	87.09 ± 38.38	119.48 ± 15.28	103.86 ± 28.57	101.58 ± 5.95
HBC	70.58 ± 16.75	80.13 ± 25.88	145.85 ± 47.41	106.09 ± 16.06
PRE	59.86	36.76 ± 12.00*,#	135.03 ± 62.54	102.54 ± 30.13
PRO	39.33 ± 7.00*	65.67 ± 12.67*,#	148.34 ± 74.31	62.85 ± 10.34*,#
SYN	39.10 ± 15.88*	50.35 ± 8.87*,#	92.23 ± 6.41	48.14 ± 3.16*,#

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6 animals/group).

Statistical significance: *p < 0.05 vs. REF, ^#p < 0.05 vs. DRI.

Groups: REF, reference; DRI, double rotavirus infected; HBC, hyperimmune bovine colostrum; PRE, prebiotic; PRO, probiotic; SYN, synbiotic.