IL34 and clostridium difficile infection: Among these genes were several with a known role in the pathogenesis of CDI, including IL23A (encoding for the alpha subunit of interleukin 23), IL34 (interleukin 34), TNNT1 (slow skeletal troponin type 1), MYBPC3 (myosin-binding protein C isoform 3), and NMRAL1 (NmrA like redox sensor 1).