NEAT1 and tuberculosis: LncRNA-NEAT1 (Nuclear-enriched abundant transcript 1) is a lncRNA that has the potential to be a biomarker for M. tuberculosis infection and TB treatment outcome since it has been found that the expression level of lncRNA-NEAT1 increased during the course of M. tuberculosis infection and had a significant impact on the survival of M. tuberculosis within THP-1-derived macrophages [68].