. 2021 Jan 15;100(4):100981. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.01.004

Table 5.

Expression of cytokine genes in the jejunum.¹

Treatments	IL2	IL6	IL7	IL12-b	IL18	Interferon gamma	TGF-4β
CtrlNC	1.720^a	2.395^a	2.466^a	0.260^b	1.158^a,b	0.264^c	0.852^b
CtrlNE	1.236^a,b	0.692^b	0.870^b	1.207^b	0.823^b	1.348^b	0.828^b
ProNE	0.836^b	0.735^b	0.721^b	3.873^a	0.925^b	2.211^a	1.959^a
AntNE	0.762^b	0.964^b	0.799^b	1.227^b	1.389^a	1.450^b	0.846^b
P value	0.007	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.049	<0.001	0.004

^a–cMeans within a column lacking a common superscript differ as per the corresponding P value indicated in the P value row.

Abbreviations: AntNE, necrotic enteritis challenge with antibiotic supplementation; CtrlNC, control diet without necrotic enteritis challenge; CtrlNE, control diet with necrotic enteritis challenge;ProNE, necrotic enteritis challenge with probiotic supplementation.

Expression levels of the genes were expressed in means of normalized relative quantities genes.