LAMA3 and infection: The DEGs identified were involved in essential biological pathways and differential expression analysis showed host immune genes, such as JUNB, CCL5, HSP90B1, FASN, TFDP1, MAP3K6, LAMC2, MALT1, RASSF5, ICAM-1, CCNE2, GADD45G, SFN, CISH_TV2, TGFB1, LAMA3, HSP70.2, GADD45B, ACKR3, and SRRM2 to be up-regulated throughout the infection cycle.