Studies in Drosophila reveal that the insect homologue of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) exerts antiviral activity against Zika virus infection in the fly brain through the induction of autophagy, providing key insights into the possible evolutionary function of STING in antiviral defence.
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Coyne, C.B. STING’ing Zika virus in neurons. Nat Microbiol 3, 975–976 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0232-5
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