Moreover, recent research has shown that TB has antidiabetic effects by decreasing oxidative stress in the kidneys of diabetic rats through the activation of silent information regulator 1 (Sirt1), a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)‐dependent histone deacetylase (Papadimitriou et al. 2015). This evidence concerns the gene SIRT1 and tuberculosis.