. 2021 Feb 5;99(2):skab033. doi: 10.1093/jas/skab033

Table 6.

Effects of oregano essential oil on gene expression in ileal mucosa of yellow-feathered chickens at 30 d of age¹

	Treatments2
Variables³	CON	AB	OEO-150	OEO-300	SEM	P-value
GPX1	1.03^b	1.18^b	1.78^a	1.48^ab	0.090	0.031
SOD1	1.01^ab	0.56^b	1.35^a	0.63^b	0.108	0.048
HMOX1	1.03^ab	0.77^b	1.58^a	1.25^ab	0.105	0.029
NRF2	1.08^b	1.17^b	1.97^a	1.58^ab	0.133	0.004
ZO-1	1.04	1.33	1.05	0.89	0.123	0.122
OCLN	1.01	1.15	1.05	1.00	0.084	0.575
CLDN1	1.03^b	1.88^a	1.66^a	2.18^a	0.093	0.007
MUC2	1.05^b	1.89^a	1.95^a	1.85^a	0.122	<0.001
AvBD1	1.07^b	0.43^c	1.88^a	1.21^ab	0.201	0.002
MYD88	1.05^ab	1.21^a	0.96^ab	0.72^b	0.127	0.085
TLR4	1.08	0.98	0.92	0.86	0.130	0.344

¹Data are means with the SEM derived from ANOVA error mean square for n = 6.

²CON, control diet; AB, control diet containing 20 mg/kg virginiamycin; OEO-150, control diet containing 150 mg/kg organic essential oil; OEO-300, control diet containing 300 mg/kd organic essential oil.

³GPX1, glutathione peroxidase 1; SOD1, superoxidate dismutase 1; HMOX1, hemoxygenase 1; NRF2, nuclear factor erthyroid 2-related factor 2; ZO-1 zona occludin 1; OCLN, occludin; CLDN1, claudin 1; MUC2, mucin 2; AvBD1, avian beta defensin 1; MYD88, myeloid differentiation factor 88; TLR4 toll-like receptor 4.

^a,b,cMeans within the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).