MKNK1 and infection: Importantly, using the recombinants CHIKV-GFP 5’ or CHIKV-luciferase, we demonstrated that infection and/or translation of CHIKV proteins were not influenced by TORISEL exposure in cells pretreated with MnKs inhibitor (CGP57380 or MnK1/2 inhibitor II) (Fig 6D and 6E).