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A single dose of FTC-TDF did not affect the foreskin transcriptome in relation to control arm, however one dose of FTC-TAF induced upregulation of four genes <jats:italic>AKAP8<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>KIAA0141<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>HSCB<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>METTL17<\/jats:italic>. Following two doses of either FTC-TDF or FTC-TAF, there was an increase in 34 differentially expressed genes for FTC-TDF and 15 for FTC-TAF, with nine DEGs in common: <jats:italic>KIAA0141<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>SAFB2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CACTIN<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>FXR2<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>AKAP8<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>HSCB<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>CLNS1A<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>DDX27<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>DCAF15<\/jats:italic>. Functional analysis of differentially expressed genes revealed modulation of biological processes related to mitochondrial stress <jats:italic>(KIAA0141, HSCB and METTL17)<\/jats:italic>, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory pathways (<jats:italic>CACTIN<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>AKAP8)<\/jats:italic>. Our results show that short-course on-demand oral PrEP in men modulates genes in foreskin tissue which are likely unfavorable to HIV acquisition and replication. We also describe an upregulated expression of genes involved in diverse mitochondria biology which may potentially result in worsened mitochondria-related. 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