Recent studies have shown that chronic inflammation induced by the cGAS‒STING pathway drives the development of various diseases,30 such as systemic lupus erythematosus,35 rheumatoid arthritis,36 atherosclerosis,37 myocardial infarction,38 diabetes,39 obesity,40 Alzheimer’s disease,41 Parkinson’s disease,10 liver cirrhosis,42 and sepsis.43 The gene discussed is CGAS; the disease is atherosclerosis.