Our results show that the mean concentration of MASP1 was significantly higher in TB patients (median (x ̃)=8.68 μg/ml; mean (x ̄)=9.06 μg/ml) than in healthy donors (x ̃=6.68 μg/ml; x ̄=6.99 μg/ml; see Figure 1A). The gene discussed is MASP1; the disease is tuberculosis.