Among 24 known NET-associated proteins, TKT was selected for follow on investigation based on: 1) The relative under-representation of TKT in the body of literature on NETs; 2) The observation in transcriptome datasets of changes in TKT transcript abundance during infectious processes, and 3) The literature profile obtained for TKT, which indicates relative under-representation of infectious disease studies. This evidence concerns the gene TKT and infectious disease.