Table 5.
Effects of dietary treatment1 on cytokine expression in tissues of piglets at different time points
| Day | Tissue | IFN-α | IFN-γ | IL-1α | IL-1β | IL-6 | IL-8 | IL-10 | IL-12α | IL-12 β | TNF-α | TGF-β |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Jejunum | < * | < * | < ^ | < ^ | < * | < ^ | |||||
| Ileum | ||||||||||||
| Colon | < ^ | < ^ | ||||||||||
| PBMC | > * | > * | > ^ | > * | > ^ | > * | > * | > * | > ^ | > * | ||
| 30 | Jejunum | > ^ | < ^ | |||||||||
| Ileum | < ^ | |||||||||||
| Colon | > * | > ^ | ||||||||||
| PBMC | > ^ | |||||||||||
| 45 | Jejunum | < * | < * | < * | ||||||||
| Ileum | > * | |||||||||||
| Colon | < ^ | < * | < ^ | |||||||||
| PBMC | < * |
(*) Significant (P < 0.05) and (^) tendency (P < 0.1) upregulation ( >) or downregulation ( <) of cytokine mRNA levels of FS compared to control
1Dietary treatment = additional Fysal Solute (FS) at 2 kg/ton