Research Article

Chitosan Modulates Inflammatory Responses in Rats Infected with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Table 1

Jejunal inflammatory responses in jejunum tissues from the control group and COS group () and protein levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-17, IL-18, and TNF-α were determined by ELISA.

ControlCOS

IL-1β (pg/ml)
IL-6 (pg/ml)
IL-17 (pg/ml)
IL-18 (pg/ml)
TNF-α (pg/ml)

indicates a significant difference between the control and COS groups ().