Ex vivo restimulation with ESAT-6 or Mtb32 pools containing all peptides for functionality analysis of Mtb-specific T cells from among suspended single lung cells implied that ESAT6-specific CD4+ T cells from the Mtb-infected group produced IFN-γ and TNF at abundant levels, whereas the function of ESAT6-specific CD4+ T cells in coinfected mice dramatically decreased at 7 days post LCMV Arm infection. This evidence concerns the gene IFNG and infection.