Interestingly, other inflammatory markers, such as interleukin-15 (IL-15), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interferon gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and interleukin 8 (IL-8), correlated only with the microbiota profiles from children developing obesity. The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is Obesity.