These changes were anticipated as, similarly to what occurs in infections in vivo (27), a percentage of the persister population reverted into an active metabolic state due to the presence of nutrients in the medium following 7 h of incubation, albeit at significantly lower levels than regular vegetative cells (Fig. S2), and as such, should activate the proinflammatory response while tampering the anti-inflammatory response as demonstrated by the decrease of IL-10. The gene discussed is IL10; the disease is infection.