Table 4.

Fold change of Toll-like receptor pathway genes between heterophils isolated from line A and B chickens using microarray analysis.

Gene name gene description	Accession no.	AC/BC Fold change	AI/BI Fold change
MD-2	BX932484	NS	1.54 ± 0.04
MyD88	AJ851640	NS	NS
TIRAP Toll/interleukin 1 receptor (TIR) domain-containing adaptor protein	BX933959	NS	1.31 ± 0.07
IRAK4	AJ720408	NS	NS
TRAF3 Tumor necrosis factor-receptor associated factor 3	BX935958	NS	NS
TAK1 TGF-β-activating kinase 1	CR524033	NS	NS
RIP1 Receptor-interacting protein-1 serine/threonine kinase	AB108485	−0.68 ± 0.03	−0.72 ± 0.04
IKKε	BU133261	NS	2.52 ± 0.12
IKKα	M74544	NS	NS
NF-κB1	BU479586	NS	NS
NF-κB2	D16367	NS	1.30 ± 0.10
PI-3K	AJ720776	NS	NS
p38 (MAPK 12)	CR339030	NS	1.71 ± 0.12
IRF7 interferon regulatory factor 7	U20338	2.40 ± 0.11	2.03 ± 0.08

Positive values mean genes have a higher expression in line A.

Negative values mean genes have a higher expression in line B.

NS, no significance in gene expression between line A and line B (p > 0.05).