Fig. 5From: Effect of dietary fiber and threonine content on intestinal barrier function in pigs challenged with either systemic E. coli lipopolysaccharide or enteric Salmonella TyphimuriumIleal tissue (a) expression of marker genes for intestinal barrier function and colonic tissue (b) expression of marker genes for intestinal barrier function and. A total of 8 replicate pigs/treatment were used in the analysis. ZO1 = Zonular occludin-1; MUC2 = Mucin-2; CLDN-4 = Claudin-4; IL8 = Interleukin-8; Casp3 = Caspase-3Back to article page