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. 2020 Dec 25;100(4):100943. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.12.040

Table 5.

The mRNA expression levels of tight junctions and inflammatory cytokines in jejunum of Beijing You Chickens.

Items Group
SEM Main effect
P-value
FB FG CB CG Basal GOD Litter floor Cage GOD Housing systems Housing systems × GOD
42d
 Occludin 1.00 1.18 0.89 0.81 0.050 0.95 1.00 1.09a 0.85b 0.598 0.016 0.169
 Claudin-1 1.00 0.99 1.13 0.98 0.092 1.06 0.99 0.99 1.06 0.691 0.753 0.729
 ZO-1 1.00 0.99 1.12 1.03 0.067 1.06 1.01 1.00 1.07 0.716 0.588 0.749
 Mucin-2 1.00 1.02 0.66 0.58 0.056 0.83 0.80 1.01a 0.62b 0.692 <0.001 0.587
 IL-1β 1.00 1.27 1.00 1.32 0.105 1.00 1.30 1.13 1.16 0.173 0.903 0.884
 IL-4 1.00 0.88 0.98 1.29 0.065 0.99 1.09 0.94 1.13 0.438 0.142 0.101
 TLR-4 1.00 0.94 1.13 1.06 0.075 1.07 1.00 0.97 1.09 0.677 0.423 0.984
 IFN-γ 1.00 1.14 1.21 0.97 0.132 1.10 1.05 1.07 1.09 0.851 0.954 0.498
 TNF-α 1.00 1.00 0.93 0.88 0.037 0.96 0.94 1.00 0.90 0.790 0.195 0.752
77d
 Occludin 1.00b 1.68a 1.65a 1.43a 0.073 1.32 1.55 1.34 1.54 0.050 0.095 0.001
 ZO-1 1.00b 1.68a 1.89a 1.42a,b 0.123 1.45 1.55 1.34 1.66 0.642 0.173 0.017
 Mucin-2 1.00 0.91 1.61 1.30 0.077 1.31 1.10 0.96b 1.45a 0.115 <0.001 0.373
 IL-1β 1.00 1.47 0.91 1.04 0.113 0.96 1.25 1.23 0.97 0.195 0.251 0.447
 IL-4 1.00 1.20 1.39 0.95 0.089 1.20 1.07 1.10 1.17 0.479 0.686 0.073
 TLR-4 1.00 1.49 1.09 1.43 0.065 1.05b 1.46a 1.25 1.26 0.001 0.892 0.505
 IFN-γ 1.00 1.75 1.21 1.15 0.134 1.10 1.45 1.38 1.18 0.199 0.454 0.132
 TNF-α 1.00 0.95 1.64 1.55 0.074 1.32 1.25 0.97b 1.60a 0.490 <0.001 0.852

a–bMeans in the same row without the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). “+” means add. SEM means standard error of the mean. (n = 8).

Abbreviations: CB, rear in the cage fed with basal dietary; CG, rear in the cage fed with GOD; FB, rear on the litter floor fed with basal dietary; FG, rear on the litter floor fed with GOD dietary; GOD, glucose oxidase.