FABP4 and infection: In some cases, RAW264.7 macrophages were transfected with scramble RNA or silencing RNAs targeting A-FABP (si-AFABP), Atg7 (si-Atg7; Ambion), JAK2 (si-JAK2) or scramble RNA (ScrRNA) using transfection reagent lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen) or infected with adenoviruses over-expressing A-FABP (Ad-AFABP) or luciferase (Ad-Luci) as control of fifty multiplicity of infection (M.O.I.)for 48 hours followed by treatment with the above chemicals.