TABLE 3.

Spearman's rank CCs for TLR expression and adaptor molecule and cytokine expression within splenic and ileal tissues from C. perfringens-challenged chickens^a

Tissue	Protein	CC for expression of:
		TLR1.1	TLR1.2	TLR2.1	TLR2.2	TLR15	TLR21	TLR7	TLR4
Spleen	TNF-like factor	0.38	0.69	0.66	−0.01	0.90	−0.16	0.48	0.49
Ileum	MyD88	0.53	0.41	0.29	0.79	0.01	0.85	0.71	0.58
	TRAF6	0.54	0.09	0.25	0.49	−0.25	0.61	0.47	0.39
	TRIF	0.36	0.17	0.19	0.55	−0.05	0.67	0.43	0.58
	IRF3	0.49	0.08	0.46	0.63	−0.02	0.70	0.59	0.28
	IL-8	0.14	0.19	0.45	0.43	0.12	0.48	0.37	0.57

^aCCs were calculated in a pairwise manner, with high CC values (e.g., approaching 1.00 or −1.00) indicating a high degree of correlation. Positive CC values indicate positive correlation between expression levels, and negative CC values indicate negative correlation between expression levels. Values indicating significant correlations (P < 0.05) are in bold.