When compared to the non-infected control group, LL-5 cells responded to wMel increasing the expression of the transcription factors at 12 h post-infection to Dorsal and at 24 h to STAT, while for wMelPop, the cells also responded to Dorsal and Relish both at 12 h post-infection (Fig. 1c, e, g). Here, SOAT1 is linked to infection.