Similarly, differences observed between the TB cases and non-cases for Rv2389c- specific levels of TGF-α, TNF-α, VEGF, IL-10 ,and Rv2032-specific levels of fractalkine, IL-12(p40), TGF-α, TNF-α, VEGF and IL-10 were not replicated in the 7-day WBA supernatants in the current study. This evidence concerns the gene TNF and tuberculosis.