LNCAROD and viral infectious disease: To determine the potential role of lnc-AROD during viral infection, we generated a lnc-AROD-overexpressing A549 cell line, termed lnc-AROD-A549 (Fig. 3A), and infected the cells with A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (H1N1) or A/Quail/Hangzhou/1/2013 (H9N2) as a virus model.