Finally, the top-7 ranked markers to separate extensive from limited lung involvement partly overlapped with the set of cytokines determined to separate mod-sev and mild TB (IL-17A, eotaxin) as well as anemic and non-anemic TB patients (IL-2, IL-13, IFNγ), while unique cytokines included MIP-1α (CCL3) and IL-12 (Figures 4M, N). This evidence concerns the gene IFNG and tuberculosis.