Research Article

Milk Fat Globule Membrane Supplementation Promotes Neonatal Growth and Alleviates Inflammation in Low-Birth-Weight Mice Treated with Lipopolysaccharide

Table 1

Effect of MFGM supplementation from postnatal d 4 to d 21 on plasma proinflammatory cytokines, antioxidant enzyme activity, and oxidant products in LPS-challenged LBW .

ItemsCONLPSMFGM100MFGM200

TNF-α (pg/ml)19.14±1.80a37.02±4.84c27.84±3.16b24.63±2.51b
IL-6 (pg/ml)227.03±15.68a325.00±10.70d282.04±15.97c251.99±12.94b
IL-1β (pg/ml)15.56±4.12a26.01±3.49c20.14±3.94b25.69±3.45c
T-SOD (U/ml)109.69±3.30a101.45±11.58a127.18±7.92c111.70±8.05ab
MDA (nmol/ml)5.09±0.835.38±0.805.06±0.835.32±0.45

Mean values with their standard errors of the mean (SEM) (n = 8/group). Within a row, means without a common letter (a, b, c, and d) differ (p < 0.05).