Table 2.

Summary of the UT‐B immunostaining scores from different human colonic regions

	UT‐B immunolocalization score
Ascending colon (N = 16)	1.38 ± 0.20
Transverse colon (N = 7)	1.57 ± 0.20
Descending colon (N = 5)	1.20 ± 0.58
Sigmoid colon (N = 21)	0.95 ± 0.15
	P = 0.2813

“Blind” scoring of the numerous UT‐B stained colonic sections was performed and the mean scores were then calculated for each colonic region (mean ± SE). Scoring key: 0 = no staining; 1 = weak UT‐B staining; 2 = moderate UT‐B staining; 3 = strong UT‐B staining.