Figure 4
Impact of the three cereal fractions on gut barrier function. Expression of inflammatory markers (a), expression of junction proteins (b) and expression of secreting antimicrobial peptides (c) in the ileum of mice fed a control diet (CT), a western diet (WD), a WD supplemented with 5% of wheat bran (WD+WB), a WD supplemented with 5% of wheat bran with reduced particle size (WD+WBs) or a WD supplemented with 5% of AXOS (WD+AXOS) for 8 weeks. Results are expressed as mean±SEM (n = 7–9). Data with different superscript letters are significantly different at p < 0.05 (ANOVA).
