Patients with AFB-low active pulmonary TB had a higher level of IP-10/CXCL10 mRNA (0.05±0.03, n = 6, p<0.01), but not IL-8/CXCL8 (0.5±0.2, n = 6) than normal subjects (Figure 3B). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL10 and pulmonary tuberculosis.