Although in the course of a natural infection with ASFV the cells that are infected are porcine macrophages and not mouse T cells, A238L has been shown to maintain its activity as an inhibitor of NFAT and p65 when the viral protein is expressed in monkey fibroblasts (Vero cells), in human T cells (Jurkat cells) and in mouse macrophages (Raw 264.7 cells) [10], [13], [14], [25]. The gene discussed is RELA; the disease is infection.