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All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has anti-inflammatory activity and immunomodulatory properties, but it is unclear whether ATRA can attenuate the inflammatory response induced by TGEV. This study aimed to investigate the protective effect of ATRA on TGEV-induced inflammatory injury in intestinal porcine epithelial cells (IPEC-J2) and to explore the underlying molecular mechanism. The results showed that TGEV infection triggered inflammatory response and damaged epithelial barrier integrity in IPEC-J2 cells. However, ATRA attenuated TGEV-induced inflammatory response by inhibiting the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including IL-1\u03b2, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-\u03b1. ATRA also significantly reversed the reduction of ZO-1 and Occludin protein levels induced by TGEV infection and maintained epithelial barrier integrity. Moreover, ATRA treatment significantly prevented the upregulation of I\u043aB\u03b1 and NF-\u03baB p65 phosphorylation levels and the nuclear translocation of NF-\u043aB p65 induced by TGEV. On the other hand, treatment of TGEV-infected IPEC-J2 cells with the NF-\u03baB inhibitors (BAY11-7082) significantly decreased the levels of inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, ATRA treatment significantly downregulated the mRNA abundance and protein levels of TLR3, TLR7, RIG-I and MDA5, and downregulated their downstream signaling molecules <jats:italic>TRIF<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>TRAF6<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>MAVS<\/jats:italic> mRNA expressions in TGEV-infected IPEC-J2 cells. However, the knockdown of RIG-I and MDA5 but not TLR3 and TLR7 significantly reduced the NF-\u03baB p65 phosphorylation level and inflammatory cytokines levels in TGEV-infected IPEC-J2 cells. 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