RIGI and viral infectious disease: Toscana virus non‐structural proteins and the rotavirus NSP1 protein cause the degradation of RIG‐I,85, 86 whereas West Nile virus NS1 targets both RIG‐I and MDA5.87 RIG‐I mRNA expression and translation can also be inhibited during viral infection: for instance, EBV expresses the virus‐encoded microRNA miR‐BART6‐3p, which targets RIG‐I mRNA,88 and hepatitis B virus induces the cellular microRNA miR146a, which inhibits RIG‐I expression.89