Table 4.

Expression of Toll-like Receptors in Patients With Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome at Baseline Compared to Healthy Controls

Gene	HC	IBS-D	P-value
TLR2	0.19 (0.08)	0.27 (0.40)	0.242
TLR4	1.49 (0.54)	2.56 (0.80)	< 0.001
TLR5	0.22 (0.13)	0.29 (0.46)	0.361
TLR7	1.04 (3.06)	0.45 (0.26)	0.394
TLR9	2.07 (1.76)	1.30 (1.47)	0.092

HC, healthy controls; IBS-D, diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome; TLR, Toll-like receptor.

Values are expressed as mean (SD).