Fourteen genes (CD3E, DUSP1, IFIT2, LTBR, PIR, FOS, CD14, CEBPB, TIMP3, ICAM3, MAPK14, SEPP1, NFIL3, and SLC40A1) had profiles of expression that generally decreased over time in PBMC from one or both breeds after infection (Fig. 5). Here, CEBPB is linked to infection.