However, genes upregulated in patients with non-Salmonella acute infections showed enrichment for pathways typically associated with innate immune/inflammatory responses, while conversely the gene expression response in patients with iNTS could be explained by upregulation of genes that are associated with suppression of inflammation (NFKBIB, PI3K, REL, SIGIRR, SOCS4, SOCS7). This evidence concerns the gene SOCS7 and intimal sarcoma.