Researchers observed that moMφ’s infection with virulent Georgia 2007 resulted in downregulated expression of anti-inflammatory IL-10 and upregulated expression of IL-17 and cytokines of TNF superfamily, including FASL, LTA, LTB, TNF, TNFSF4, TNFSF10, TNFSF13B, and TNFSF18 [58]. This evidence concerns the gene TNF and infection.