This correlates with pathway analysis, which showed over-representation of IL6 (2 genes, p-value 0.0027) signaling and ‘Vibrio cholerae and pathogenic Escherichia coli (both EPEC and EHEC) infection’ pathways (3 genes, p-values 0.017 and 0.016, respectively), as described in InnateDB (www.innatedb.ca) (Table 2). This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and infection.