However, several other inflammation-associated genes, including IL1R2, IL1RAP, IL1RA, IL6ST, IL6RA, TNFAIP3, TLR6, TLR10, TGFB1I1, TNFRSF10 A, TNFRSF10D, and TNFRSF13 C, were significantly upregulated in NEC patients (Fig. 5). Here, TGFB1I1 is linked to necrotizing enterocolitis.