When comparing leprosy patients to HHC (Table S3), 16 genes showed significantly different expression for leprosy patients (increased: FCGR1A, IL6, IL15, LRKK2, MBP, MSR1, PACRGv1, TLR1, TLR4; decreased: CAMTA, CD3E, CTLA4, CXCL13, GATA3, LAG3, TFGB). Here, MSR1 is linked to leprosy.