NEAT1 and infection: Compatible with the ‘sponging’ property of both DANCR and NEAT1, the infection-related DE miRs showed intriguing interactions with DANCR, NEAT1, and the selected set of inflammation-related transcripts, eleven of which are targeted by 16 out of these 32 DE miRs; furthermore, both NEAT1 and DANCR carry complementary binding sites to 24 out of these 32 DE miRs, and 18 of the miRs targeted by NEAT1 and DANCR also target at least one of the tested inflammatory transcripts (Figure 6D).