To estimate the relevance of this list of 226 candidates, we analyzed the datasets GSE78711 and GSE80434, containing RNAseq data from human cortical neural progenitors infected by the Zika virus (ZIKV) or mock infected, because ZIKV was shown to cause p53 activation in cortical neural progenitors and microcephaly (Tang et al., 2016; Zhang et al., 2016). This evidence concerns the gene TP53 and microcephaly.