Numerous miRNAs with predicted MREs in the TTP 3′ UTR are also predicted to target cytokines that are differentially expressed during stages of infection in our model: miR-145 (IL6, TNF-alpha, IFN-beta, and the chemokine CCL2); miR-361-3p (IL10 and MIP1-alpha); miR-29 family members (IFN-gamma, IL12p40); and miR-608 (IL6, TNF-alpha, IL12p35 and -40, IL10, MIP1-alpha and -beta, and CCL2). Here, IL6 is linked to infection.