IL17A and meningeal tuberculosis: The concentrations of SAP, CC5, Apo-CIII, PAI-1, PDGF-AB/BB, and MBL were significantly higher in samples from children with TBM whereas those of sVCAM-1, CCL2, IL-4, TNF-α, CCL4, adipsin, G-CSF, IL-10, IL-17A, and NCAM-1 were higher in samples from children without TBM (Supplementary Table 1).