A study analyzed the blood transcriptome data and identified over-expression of IFN I and IFN II inducible genes, including IFITM1, IRF1, IRF9, OAS1, MX1, STAT1, and STAT2(Figure 5B), also identified up-regulated inflammatory genes in the neutrophils of active TB compared to healthy control (26). This evidence concerns the gene MX1 and tuberculosis.