a decreasing trendp = 0.089
VC + in the diet significantly increased the mRNA expression of NF-κB while decreasing the mRNA expression of toll-like receptor 2 ( TLR-2 ) ( p < 0.01) and showed a decreasing trend for the mRNA expression of toll-like receptor 4 ( TLR-4 ) ( p = 0.089) at 21 d as compared to VC − ( Table 7 ).