Figure 1.
Increased TLR2, -4, and -9 expression in tissues of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer: (A) Representative examples of Western blot analysis of normal pancreatic tissue (NT), tissue from chronic pancreatitis (CP), and primary pancreatic cancer at all stages (UICC I, IIA, IIB, III, IV). β-actin probe was used as a control for protein loading; (B) RT-qPCR of normal pancreatic tissue (NT, n = 4), tissue from chronic pancreatitis (CP, n = 4), and primary pancreatic tumor tissue at UICC stages II and III (n = 14). Values for normal pancreatic tissue were standardized to baseline. The relative gene expression is expressed as 2−ΔΔCq (fold difference, FD). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.005.