Atianand et al. (2016) reported that a lncRNA gene that can promote the survival of red blood cells can also inhibit the uncontrolled inflammatory response in macrophages. Yi et al. (2014) used gene chip technology to identify a large number of differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs in CD4+ T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood from patients with TB infection and from HCs, indicating that the lncRNAs and mRNAs of CD4+ T lymphocytes may be involved in the occurrence and development of TB. Here, CD4 is linked to tuberculosis.