In a paper studying the effect of autophagy enhancer on infection, Tat-beclin 1 reduced replication of Listeria monocytogenes and viruses such as Sindbis virus, chikungunya virus, West Nile virus and HIV in vitro and improved clinical outcome of such infections in vivo (Shoji-Kawata et al., 2013). This evidence concerns the gene BECN1 and infection.