As an initial step to characterize potential roles of Tim-3 expression in human TB, we performed ex vivo polychromatic flow cytometric analysis in 9 healthy controls (HCs), 30 subjects with latent TB infection (LTBI), and 30 untreated active TB patients (Clinical characteristics of the enrolled subjects with LTBI or active TB disease were shown in Supporting information, Table S1). The gene discussed is HAVCR2; the disease is tuberculosis.