Besides cell death-related genes, Mki67 was also upregulated in virus-positive AM-Cd36 cells (Fig. 2e), and consequently, we identified a proliferating AM-Cd36 subpopulation termed as AM-Cd36-Mki67 (cluster 19) at d2, the early stage of infection (Fig. 2a–c). This evidence concerns the gene CD36 and infection.