IL34 and tuberculosis: In HC vs. TB discrimination the highest AUC values were found in the case of MMP-2 (AUC = 0.848) and BAFF/TNFSF13B (AUC = 0.809), whereas in HC vs. LTBI discrimination the highest AUCs were observed for IL-34 (AUC = 0.722) and MMP-2 (AUC = 0.721) (Table 3).