CASP8 and infection: Furthermore, although caspase-8-deficient BMDMs had a defect in their ability to respond to infection by gram-negative bacteria as well as multiple TLR agonists, Ripk3-/-Casp8-/- BMDMs produced equivalent levels of cytokines in response to Sendai virus infection, which engages the cytosolic PRRs RIG-I and MDA5.