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Table 3 Correlation between TLR mRNA expression levels and baseline clinical factors (N = 79)

From: Peripheral blood toll-like receptor 4 correlates with rapid virological response to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin therapy in hepatitis C genotype 1 patients

 

TLR2

TLR3

TLR4

TLR7

TLR9

 

R value

P value

R value

P value

R value

P value

R value

P value

R value

P value

HCV RNA

0.292

0.009

0.277

0.013

0.386

< 0.0001

0.301

0.007

0.354

0.001

ALT

−0.126

0.269

0.046

0.688

−0.009

0.934

0.097

0.393

−0.05

0.663

Cirrhosis

−0.124

0.278

0.087

0.447

−0.024

0.832

0.014

0.901

−0.901

0.425

  1. Spearman correlation. HCV RNA (log IU), ALT alanine aminotransferase (U/dl). Cirrhosis:yes vs. no. TLR mRNA expression levels were shown as log ratios relative to GAPDH mRNA (log 2 -(∆Ct))