Interestingly, in a study by Rosato et al. (57), low miR-146a expression, correlating with elevated levels of IRAK1 and type I IFNs, was associated with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection in cells expressing the EBV-encoded EBNA2, thus suggesting a possible relationship between the observed miR-146a reduction and the EBV presence that we previously found in hyperplastic MG thymuses (9). This evidence concerns the gene IRAK1 and Epstein-Barr virus infection.