CTSS and pulmonary sarcoidosis: In comparison to healthy controls, CTSS (1.61 vs. 1.05), CYBB (1.68 vs. 1.07), FPR2 (2.77 vs. 0.96), MNDA (2.14 vs. 1.23), TLR1 (1.56 vs. 1.09), and TLR8 (2.14 vs. 0.98) displayed notably elevated median expression levels within pulmonary sarcoidosis PBMC samples (P < 0.0001 for FPR2 and P < 0.05 for others) (Figure 4), echoing with prior mRNA microarray findings in both peripheral blood and mediastinal lymph node specimens.