BIK and infection: In our DEG data, there were three BH3-only member genes showing significantly increased expression during the acute stage of infection, including BIK (BCL-2-interacting killer; also known as NBK; logFC = 5.04), BNIP1 (BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa interacting protein 1; logFC = 1.69), and BCL2L11 (Bcl-2-like protein 11; also known as BIM; logFC = 1.43).