While most herpesviruses induced exocytosis of STING dimers after infecting HEL cells, HSV-2(G) did not although STING dimers were present in lysates from HSV-2(G)-infected HEL cells in levels comparable to HSV-1(F)-infected cells at 48 h post-infection (Fig. 5A). The gene discussed is STING1; the disease is infection.