After 24 h of culture, AM from patients with TB (n = 19) also released a greater amount of IP-10/CXCL10 (950.9±283.0 pg/ml) and IL-8/CXCL8 (37834.0±4208.0 pg/ml) than those of normal subjects (30.0±7.6 and 10414.0±2683.0 pg/ml, p<0.01, n = 15, respectively) (Table 1). The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is tuberculosis.