Journal: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Article Title: HIV-1 Elite Controllers Are Characterized by Elevated Levels of CD69-Expressing Natural Killer Cells
doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003518
Figure Lengend Snippet: A, The percentage of CD107a + total NK cells, CD56 bright CD16 - , CD56 dim CD16 + , and CD56 neg CD16 + NK cell subsets in people without HIV-1 (PWOH), PLWH on ART (ART), ECs, and VPs. Correlations between the percentage of CD107a + total NK cells and viral load and CD4 + T-cell counts in PLWH combined. B, Correlations between the percentage of CD107a + total NK cells and CD4 + T-cell counts in PLWH on ART and EC. C, The percentage of IFN-γ + total NK cells, CD56 bright CD16 - , CD56 dim CD16 + , and CD56 neg CD16 + NK cell subsets in PWOH, ART, EC, and VPs. Correlations between the percentage of IFN-γ + total NK cells and viral load and CD4 + T-cell counts in PLWH combined. The horizontal lines represent the medians, and the error bars represent the 25th and 75th percentiles. Lines are calculated using linear regression. Each symbol represents a study participant. Significant P values ( P < 0.05; solid line), trends (0.05 < P < 0.08; dotted line), nonsignificant ( P > 0.05; no line), and Spearman rho (r) values are shown.
Article Snippet: Approximately 1 million thawed peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were immunophenotyped using CD3 PE-CF594 (UCHT1), CD19 BV711 (HIB19), CD14 PerCP-Cy5.5 (M5E2), CD56 Alexa Fluor 700 (B159), CD16 APC-Cy7 (3G8), CD69 FITC (FN50), PD-1 BV421 (EH12.1), CD57 BV605 (QA17A04) (all (Becton, Dickinson and Company) BD Biosciences, San Jose, USA), and CD38 PE-Cy7 (HIT2) (BioLegend, San Diego, USA) in the presence of BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer (BD Biosciences).
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