Other immunomodulatory microRNAs are upregulated during infection, including miR‐146a, which regulates inflammatory response and parasite load, and miR‐155, which is involved in the recruitment of T regulatory (Treg) and CD8+ T cells during T. gondii infection (Cai & Shen, 2017; Taganov et al., 2006). This evidence concerns the gene CD8A and infection.