STING1 and cytomegalovirus infection: Upon lytic HCMV infection of monocyte-derived dendritic cells (moDCs) the cGAS/STING axis is involved in the induction of type I IFN responses11 and as such also a target of viral evasion genes, including UL83, UL122 and UL138, whereas the latter is also important for the re-purposing of STAT1 for the establishment of latency12.