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: Type I interferons (IFNs) can reprogram the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway to facilitate innate immune responses. In this issue of Immunity, Xiao et al. (2020) reveal that type I IFN signaling and 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) accumulation form a positive feedback loop to amplify innate immune responses to control viral infections by activating AKT3.

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