ONECUT2 and infection: Further, we validated our in vitro findings of JEV infection in NSPCs in the neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y, wherein the immunoblot assay revealed that, upon transfection with miR-9-5p mimic and further infection with JEV (12 hpi), the OC2 expression levels were found to be decreased in mimic + infected samples w.r.t. JEV only or Scr + JEV samples (Fig. 3A and B).