Relative gene expression (arbitrary values) of mucins and cytokines in the ascending colon of weaned piglets¹.

1Ninety-six 26 day weaned Landrace piglets were randomly allocated into three diets with low, medium and high dietary zinc (57, 164, and 2425 mg/kg diet from ZnO). Eight piglets in each dietary diet were killed at age of 33±1, 40±1, 47±1 and 54±1 d. Data were performed by two-way ANOVA followed by Tukey post hoc test. The data were given as mean values in each group. LZn: low dietary zinc; MZn: medium dietary zinc; HZn: high dietary zinc; MUC1: mucin 1; MUC2: mucin 2; MUC13: mucin 13; MUC20: mucin 20; TLR2: toll-like receptor 2; TLR4: toll-like receptor 4; IL-1β: interleukin 1β; IL-8: interleukin 8; IL-10: interleukin 10; IFN-γ: interferon-γ; TGF-β: transforming growth factor-β. abMeans with different superscripts within a row indicate significant differences between groups (P<0.05).