STING plays an important role in innate immunity of mammals, where activation of STING induces type I interferons (IFNs) production following the infection with intracellular pathogens (Ishikawa and Barber, 2008; Ishikawa et al., 2009; Sun et al., 2009; Tanaka and Chen, 2012; Zhong et al., 2008). This evidence concerns the gene STING1 and infection.