Despite the great data variability originating from transient transfection experiments we observed that cells expressing PKC-η-DN demonstrated reduced host cell death by ~3-fold in response to Bt CDC2721121 infection, whereas expression of PKC-α-DN had no significant effect, compared to A549 cells carrying empty vector (CTL) or PKC-η-CAT (Figure 2C). The gene discussed is PRKCA; the disease is infection.