STING1 and viral infectious disease: Type I IFNs, including IFN-α, IFN-β, IFN-ε, IFN-κ, IFN-ω, and type III interferon (IFN-γ) produced by host cells against viruses, exert a chief function in the development of an antiviral state by inducing interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) and their proteins, which effectively suppress viral infection at equally the initial and late phases of the viral life cycle.