ATG7 and viral infectious disease: To test the hypothesis that mTORC1 enhances CHIKV infection in an autophagy dependent manner, we assessed viral infection in MEFs deficient for key autophagy genes Atg5 (autophagy-related gene 5) or Atg7. Interestingly, autophagy deficient cells still exhibited increased infection following Rapamycin or TORISEL treatment (S5A–S5D Fig).