Total RNA was extracted from uninfected or NiV-infected HUVECs 8 h p.i., both prepared from two different pools, each containing 3 donors and cultured at same conditions, using RNeasy kit (Qiagen) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Quality of total RNA was checked on nanochips with the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer 2100 (Agilent Technologies,).