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Using gene level analytic methods, we previously found distinct monocyte transcriptional responses associated with resistance to\n                      <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (Mtb) infection defined as persistently negative tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon gamma release assay (IGRA) reactivity among highly exposed contacts (RSTR phenotype).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using transcript isoform analyses, we aimed to identify novel RSTR-associated genes hypothesizing that previous gene-level differential expression analysis obscures isoform-specific differences that contribute to phenotype.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Monocytes from 49 RSTR versus 52 subjects with latent Mtb infection (LTBI) were infected with\n                      <jats:italic>M<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                      <jats:italic>tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (H37Rv) or left unstimulated (media) prior to RNA isolation and sequencing. RSTR-associated gene expression was then identified using differential transcript isoform analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We identified 81 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) in 70 genes (FDR &lt;0.05) comparing RSTR and LTBI phenotypes with the majority (n = 79 DETs) identified under Mtb-stimulated conditions. Seventeen of these genes were previously identified with gene-level bulk RNAseq analyses including genes in the IFN\u03b3 response that had increased expression among LTBI subjects, findings consistent with a clinical phenotype based on IGRA reactivity. Among the subset of 23 genes with positive differential expression among Mtb-infected RSTR monocytes, 13 were not previously identified. These novel DET genes included\n                      <jats:italic>PDE4A<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>ZEB2<\/jats:italic>\n                      , which each had multiple DETs with higher expression among RSTR subjects, and\n                      <jats:italic>ACSL4<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>GAPDH<\/jats:italic>\n                      that each had a single transcript isoform associated with RSTR.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec005\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion and limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Transcript isoform-specific analyses identify transcriptional associations, such as those associated with resistance to TST\/IGRA conversion, that are obscured when using gene-level approaches. 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