Significance of MD-2 and MD-2B expression in rat liver during acute cholangitis

Table 2 TLR4 expression in rat liver tissue (mean ± SE) (copy ratio 10⁴)

	6 h	12 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
Group A	4.32 ± 0.721	4.17 ± 0.708	4.40 ± 0.435	4.36 ± 0.396	4.48 ± 0.504
Group B	3.96 ± 0.051	4.90 ± 0.075a	8.52 ± 0.023a	11.11 ± 0.029a	12.90 ± 0.042a
Group C	3.87 ± 0.031	5.23 ± 0.033ac	9.87 ± 0.025ac	13.70 ± 0.115ac	19.70 ± 0.123ac
Group D	0.16 ± 0.003e	0.17 ± 0.002e	0.22 ± 0.002e	0.58 ± 0.001e	0.77 ± 0.006e

^aP < 0.05 vs the same group at different time points;

^cP < 0.05 vs group B at the same time;

^eP < 0.05 vs group C at the same time.