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. 2015 May 15;50(10):1241–1252. doi: 10.3109/00365521.2015.1038849

Table II.

Gene expression data for GUCA2A/Guca2a, GUCA2B/Guca2b and GUCY2C/Gucy2c in IBD and TNBS colitis.

FC with p-Values
Human UC vs. Healthy CD vs. Healthy
FC p FC p
GUCA2A −4.91 3.28 × 10−13 −2.86 0.0037
GUCA2B −6.06 1.01 × 10−16 −4.64 7.12 × 10−6
GUCY2C −1.61 1.27 × 10−11 −1.36 0.010
TNBS colitis Day 3
Day 7
Day 12
FC P FC p FC p
Guca2a −3.47 0.0003 −2.40 0.0006 −1.79 0.0009
Guca2b −1.05 0.82 2.22 0.0032 1.78 0.034
Gucy2c −2.88 0.0002 −2.36 0.0008 −2.02 0.0024
Log2 gene expression in Healthy, un-inflamed IBD (IBD-U) and IBD Left colon and IBD Right colon
Gene Healthy (n = 20)
IBD-U (n = 61a)
IBD Left colon (n = 33)
IBD Right colon (n = 11)
pb, f
Log2 expression (SD) Log2 expression (SD) pb, c Log2 expression (SD) FC vs. Healthy pb, d Log2 expression (SD) FC vs. Healthy pb, e
GUCA2A 13.42 (0.21) 13.32 (0.29) >0.99 11.29 (1.37) −4.08 <0.0001 11.11 (1.78) −4.63 <0.0001 >0.99
GUCA2B 10.85 (0.33) 10.90 (0.56) >0.99 8.30 (1.21) −6.06 <0.0001 8.30 (1.44) −6.06 0.0003 >0.99
GUCY2C 9.92 (0.20) 9.92 (0.25) >0.99 9.26 (0.42) −1.59 <0.0001 9.34 (0.38) −1.51 0.0019 >0.99

Abbreviations: CD = Crohn’s disease; FC = Fold change; IBD = Inflammatory bowel disease; TNBS = 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid; UC = Ulcerative colitis.

aDenotes the number of samples from both IBD patients in remission without inflammatory changes, as well as samples from endoscopically and histologically un-inflamed hepatic flexure of IBD patients with inflammatory changes elsewhere in the colon.

bData analyzed with the Kruskal–Wallis test and Dunn’s multiple comparisons test.

cComparison between Healthy and IBD-U.

dComparison between IBD Left colon and Healthy.

eComparison between IBD Right colon and Healthy.

fComparison between IBD Left colon and IBD Right colon.