The mRNA expression profile of this participant was high only for NPC2 at T0 (DOCK9: 0.070, EPHA4: 0.121 and NPC2: 0.248), which was even higher upon diagnosis of TB (DOCK9: 0.076, EPHA4: 0.247 and NPC2: 0.309) and decreased after the anti-TB treatment (DOCK9: 0.019, EPHA4: 0.065 and NPC2: 0.152) (Supplementary Figure S2). Here, NPC2 is linked to tuberculosis.