Next, we measured the levels of 8 cytokines in the bronchoalveolar lavage of Tlr2,4−/− and C57BL/6J mice at both a presymptomatic timepoint (before distress from pneumonitis with fibrosis) and at respiratory distress and compared these data to profiling of bronchoalveolar lavage procured from Il17−/− mice at similar post irradiation timepoints. The gene discussed is TLR2; the disease is fibrosis.