Immunofluorescence microscopic analysis of JEV-infected (Fig. 7D) and WNV-infected (Fig. 7E) Neuro-2A cells transfected with miR-451a inhibitor or mimic showed reversal or further strengthening of virus-induced 14-3-3ζ reduction in comparison to infected-cells transfected with respective negative-controls, whereas no alterations in viral-NS3 abundance upon miR-451a modulation by inhibitor/mimic, thus negating out any possibility for differential infection efficiency resulting in altered 14-3-3 ζ abundance. This evidence concerns the gene KRAS and infection.