Table 3

Correlation matrix for innate immune activation receptors (A) and inflammatory response markers (B) in patients with asthma

(A) For innate immune activation receptors
		TLR2 mRNA		TLR4 mRNA
EU, endotoxin; IL, interleukin; SP-A, surfactant protein A; TLR, toll-like receptor; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
*Spearman p<0.05.
TLR2 mRNA		—		0.41*
TLR4 mRNA		0.41*		—
CD14 mRNA		0.39*		0.58*
(B) For inflammatory response markers
	TLR2 mRNA	SP-A μg/ml	TLR4 mRNA	IL8 mRNA	Endotoxin EU/ml
IL8, ng/ml	0.45*	0.37*	0.10	0.62*	0.34*
Neutrophil, %	0.54*	0.14	0.30	0.71*	0.29*
Total cell count, ×10⁶/ml	0.25*	0.53*	0.11	0.39*	0.17
IL8, mRNA	0.65*	0.17	0.32		0.41
TNFα mRNA	0.49*	−0.03	0.51*	0.51*	−0.01
IL1β mRNA	0.41*	0.17	0.42*	0.67*	−0.15