Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction: An overview of host-directed therapies for tuberculosis
Daniel Frank, Robert Mahon
Section 2: Targeting immunometabolism
Chapter 2: Sirtuin deacetylases: Linking Mycobacterial infection and host metabolism
Lorissa Smulan, Hardy Kornfeld, and Amit Singhal
Chapter 3: The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1): an ally of M. tuberculosis in host cells
Natalie Bruiners, Valentina Guerrini, Maria Laura Gennaro
Chapter 4: HIF-1α as a potential therapeutic target for tuberculosis treatment
Qingkui Jiang, Maria Laura Gennaro, Lanbo Shi
Chapter 5: Nuclear receptors in host-directed therapies against tuberculosis
Eun-Kyeong Jo
Section 3: Enhancing anti-mycobacterial mechanisms
Chapter 6: Autophagy as a target for host-directed therapy against tuberculosis
Surbhi Verma, Raman Deep Sharma and Dhiraj Kumar
Chapter 7: Metformin: a leading HDT candidate for TB
Amit Singhal and Hardy Kornfeld
Chapter 8: Statins as host-directed therapy for tuberculosis
Noton K. Dutta, Petros C. Karakousis
Chapter 9: Antimycobacterial attributes of mitochondria: An insight into host defense mechanisms
Rikesh K Dubey, Apoorva Narain
Section 4: Targeting immune cells
Chapter 10: Conventional and unconventional lymphocytes in immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Paula Ruibal, Tom H.M. Ottenhoff, Simone A. Joosten
Chapter 11: Targeting inhibitory cells such as Tregs and MDSCs in the tuberculous granuloma
Sadiya Parveen, John R. Murphy, and William R. Bishai
Chapter 12: Targeting suppressor T cells
Léanie Kleynhans, Gerhard Walzl
Chapter 13: Neutrophil-mediated mechanisms as targets fo