To test if Bcl-2 promoted the survival of Bimhi vs. Bimlo cells, we repeated the adoptive transfer experiment (Supplementay Fig. 4A) and treated the recipient mice with a Bcl-2/Bcl-xL-specific inhibitor, ABT-737 [22] between day 14 and day 23 post-infection. Here, BCL2L1 is linked to infection.