TNFSF8 and bronchopulmonary dysplasia: In addition, decreased expression of tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 8 (TNFSF8) encoding CD153, one of the 7 BPD-DEGs in common to all timepoints, suggested interruption of T cell-dependent anti-mycobacterial immune response37 and also class switch DNA recombination and immunoglobulin production38 in BPD pathogenesis.