This effect was abolished by infection since the activation status of 45 TF (Brn-3, CEBP, CBF, CDP, c-Myb, AP-1, CREB, E2F-1, EGR, ER, Ets, Ets-1/Pea-3, FAST-1, GAS/ISRE, AP-2, GR/PR, HNF-4, IRF-1, MEF-1, MEF-2, NF-1, NFTA-1, NF-E1/YY, NF-E2, NFκB, OCT, p53, PPAR, PRE, RAR/DR-5, RXR/DR-1, SMAB-3/4, Sp-1, SRE, Stat-1, Stat-3, Stat-4, Stat-5, Stat-6, TR, TR/DR-4, USF-1, VDR/DR-3, HSE, and MRE) were decreased in 1 mM NaO-treated bMECs after S. aureus challenge in relation to 1 mM NaO treated cells (Figures 4E,F, 5). Here, STAT3 is linked to infection.