CGAS and bacterial infectious disease: Excessive activation of the CGAS-STING1 pathway by bacterial cyclic dinucleotides causes cytokine storms and systemic coagulation, leading to sepsis and septic shock.79 During bacterial infections and DAMP-mediated sterile inflammation, it remains to be seen whether BRD4 and other BETs play a similar role in regulating the activation of the CGAS-STING1 pathway.