LIF and tuberculosis: Results show (Table 2) that median baseline levels of 7 analytes, namely IL-1β, IL2, IL-8, IL-12p70, MCP-1, PDGF-BB, VEGF and LIF were significantly different among LTBI subjects, TB and NON-TB patients; furthermore, after post-test correction using Dunn’s multiple comparison tests, the median concentrations of IL-1β, IL12p70 and VEGF were significantly higher in LTBI subjects compared to NON-TB patients, and the median concentrations of PDGF-BB, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-8, IL12p70, MCP-1 and LIF were significantly higher in TB patients compared to NON-TB patients (Fig 1).