We assessed mRNA levels of several pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory (IL-10) cytokines and chemokines in the lungs of naïve and HkX-31 infected WT and Nox1−/y mice at early (i.e. Day 3) and later (i.e. Day 7) stages of the infection phase with quantitative real time PCR. This evidence concerns the gene NOX1 and infection.