CXCL8 and infection: When biological replicates of Rh-BMDMs infected with Mtb were compared to uninfected cells, the expression of 370 genes was induced >2-fold in a statistically significant manner at 0 hrs post-infection time-point, (Table S1-A)and he genes with the greatest induction included CCL20 (5.8-fold), IL8 (3.6-fold), CCL4 (3.6-fold) and CCL7 (2.9-fold).