Sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin-7 interacts with HIV-1 gp120 and facilitates infection of CD4posT cells and macrophages

Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of HIV-1 infected patients

	NAIVE¶	ART*	AIDS#	TOTAL
	(n = 42)	(n = 54)	(n = 13)	(n = 109)
Gender
Female	8	14	3	25
Male	34	40	10	84
Age (years)
Median	46	52	51	50
Range	22-53	38-66	47-75	22-75
Plasma HIV-1 RNA (copies/ml)
Median	16816	<50	46630	1620
Range	74-309691	0-412137	22025-402137	0-402137
CD4^pos T cell count (cells/mm³)
Median	380	491	111.5	386.5
Range	99-1042	98-1328	3-197	3-1328

^¶Naïve patients for antiretroviral therapy (ART) without a clinical history of opportunistic infections or malignancies associated to HIV-1 infection.
^*ART included at least one protease inhibitor, one non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor and /or two nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors.
^#Chronically HIV-1 infected patients either naïve for ART or therapeutic regimen had been discontinued at least 24 months earlier. Clinical history included opportunistic infections or malignancies associated to HIV-1 infection.

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