Consistent with our in vivo results, we confirmed enhanced TNF-\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}\usepackage{amsmath}\usepackage{wasysym}\usepackage{amsfonts}\usepackage{amssymb}\usepackage{amsbsy}\usepackage{mathrsfs}\usepackage{upgreek}\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt}\begin{document}$$\alpha$$\end{document}α secretion levels in response to B∆tbcm infection and an increase in IL-10 production as a counterbalance (Additional file 1: Fig. S2). This evidence concerns the gene IL10 and infection.