Extended Data Fig. 8: Applied gating strategies across flow cytometry experiments for epithelial cells.

a, A431 cells (linked to Fig. 4e) and (b) primary vaginal cells (linked to Extended Data Fig. 6c). First, 104 events were analyzed based on their side scatter area (SSC-A) vs. forward scatter area (FSC-A). For further analysis, single cells were selected based on forward scatter height (FSC-H) vs. forward scatter area (FSC-A). MitoTracker® Deep Red FM signal was measured using detection channel Alexa 647-A. The unstained population was taken as a reference to determine the median fluoresce intensity of all samples (depicted as histogram Alexa 647-A- and Alexa 647-A+). The ratio from the median intensity of the stained/uninfected cells and unstained/uninfected cells was used as a reference to obtain the results of the infected samples shown in the manuscript figures.