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Immune 46: Bats don’t STING like a bee

  • July 27, 2021
  • Tagged as: bat, cGAS, DNA sensing, immune, immunology, interferon, STING, virus reservoir, zoonosis

Immune explore the observation that bat cells display dampened STING-dependent interferon activation, suggesting why bats might have a unique capacity to harbor many viruses.

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