Table 5.

Effect of dietary pterostilbene supplementation on the expression levels of jejunal genes related to inflammation and tight junction of lipopolysaccharide-challenged broilers¹

Items2	CON-SS	PT-SS	CON-LPS	PT-LPS	P-value
					LPS	Diet	L × D
TLR4	1.00 ± 0.36	0.68 ± 0.14	1.58 ± 0.24	0.92 ± 0.19	0.117	0.064	0.500
IL-1β	1.00 ± 0.18	0.67 ± 0.11	1.62 ± 0.19	0.79 ± 0.18	0.042	0.003	0.148
IL-10	1.00 ± 0.13	1.18 ± 0.21	1.01 ± 0.17	1.09 ± 0.17	0.823	0.453	0.767
NLRP3	1.00 ± 0.16	0.84 ± 0.15	4.01 ± 1.30	1.25 ± 0.23	0.019	0.041	0.067
ZO-1	1.00 ± 0.13	1.38 ± 0.22	0.56 ± 0.08	0.83 ± 0.08	0.002	0.031	0.692
OCLN	1.00 ± 0.10	1.26 ± 0.11	0.79 ± 0.16	1.16 ± 0.13	0.241	0.024	0.676

¹Values are means ± SE, n = 6

²CON-LPS, broilers fed a basal diet and an injection of lipopolysaccharide; CON-SS, broilers fed a basal diet and an injection of sterile saline; L × D = the interaction effect of main effects (LPS and Diet); LPS, lipopolysaccharide; NLRP3, nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3; OCLN, occludin; PT-LPS, broilers fed a basal diet supplemented with 400 mg/kg pterostilbene and an injection of lipopolysaccharide; PT-SS, broilers fed a basal diet supplemented with 400 mg/kg pterostilbene and an injection of sterile saline; TLR4, toll-like receptor 4; ZO-1, tight junction protein 1.