CXCL8 and infection: In contrast, the transcription levels of IL-6 (P < 0.001, ***), IL-8 (P < 0.001, ***), and TNF-α (P < 0.001, ***) were significantly lower in PAM Cl3 cells infected with vL126A/ΔNLS compared to vWT infection (Figs 4C–4E).