Applying these criteria to all genes, we obtained a list of 15 candidate ncRNA genes: 13 lncRNAs, 1 small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), and 1 vault RNA, as well as 98 protein-coding genes including those well known to be involved in influenza infection such as ISG15, IRF7, and MX1, validating our selection strategy. This evidence concerns the gene IRF7 and influenza.