At 24 hpi, infection with LPAIV H7N2 caused a significant increase in NLRC5 mRNA expression relative to the housekeeping gene HMBS from 0.40 ± 0.057 times in mock-infected cells to 8.86 ±0.499 times in LPAIV-infected cells (Figure 2A). The gene discussed is NLRC5; the disease is infection.