analyzed the association between the secretion of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-12р70, IL-18, and IL-27 by myeloid DCs and the presence of polymorphisms in their corresponding genes in 334 TB-patient samples and found that reduced IL-18 and IL-27 secretion and the polymorphisms leading to the altered secretion of IL-12p70 were associated with Mtb dissemination (Urazova et al., 2019). This evidence concerns the gene IL18 and tuberculosis.