METTL14 and infection: Recent studies have shown that infections by Human Enterovirus 71 (EV71) and Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) lead to a notable upsurge in the expression of METTL3, METTL14, YTHDF1-3, and YTHDC1 in host cells, without affecting the expression of "eraser" proteins [22,23].