MTOR and infection: However, our data showing mTORC1 activity distal to sites of infection, that inhibition of mTOR further exacerbated bacterial burden and cell death phenotypes in the miR-126 knockdown background, and that the small molecule activation of mTOR only partially rescued the miR-126 knockdown phenotypes suggest that although the miR-126/Tsc1a/mTOR axis is likely, it falls short of fully explaining the effects of miR-126 on the host response to M. marinum infection.