Interestingly, two intracellular apicomplexan parasites, Toxoplasma gondii and Theleria, have been shown to upregulate mammalian c-Myc upon infection (Franco et al. 2014; Dessauge et al. 2005), so mammals and nematodes may share a role for Myc interaction network factors in the response to intracellular parasites. The gene discussed is MYC; the disease is infection.