The following seven proteins were targeted for further evaluation of possible application in TB diagnosis: ITIH4-35k, MBL2, RBP4, MASP2, HSPG2, adherin-11, and AMBP in catalogues of the acute inflammatory response, extracellular region, and secretory granule, which were unique to individual terms in the PTB group. Here, HSPG2 is linked to tuberculosis.