Moreover, later during infection, results showed the depletion of autophagic and apoptotic pathways, with induction of JNK and MPK cascades as well as repression of JAK/STAT signalling pathways due to repression of MAPK signalling, indicating that such mechanisms are part of mosquito defences against viral replication and the production of new viral particles at late stages of infection. Here, SOAT1 is linked to infection.