KRT8 and tuberculosis: Among the 12 differentially expressed genes, there were 3 upregulated lncRNAs (lncRNA GBA, lncRNA FBXL5 and lncRNA KRT8) and 9 downregulated lncRNAs (lncRNA periodic tryptophan protein 1 [PWP1], ENST00000620744.1, NR_003000, ENST00000417346.1, lncRNA BCL2L10, ENST00000516057.1, lncRNA ABHD17B, ENST00000607464.1 and ENST00000583184.1) in the TB group in the microarray analysis.