Impaired Th17 polarization of phenotypically naive CD4+ T-cells during chronic HIV-1 infection and potential restoration with early ART

Table 1 Clinical parameters of HIV-negative subjects (HIV-)

Subjects	CD4 counts ¹	CD8 counts ¹	Plasma viral load ²	Time since infection ³	ART	ART initiation ⁴	Age ⁵
01	1,047	430	-	-	-	-	57
02	1,424	605	-	-	-	-	44
03	732	281	-	-	-	-	51
05	989	582	-	-	-	-	58
07	1,030	340	-	-	-	-	37
09	998	312	-	-	-	-	51
10	675	208	-	-	-	-	62
11	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	51
12	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	62
13	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	40
14	733	169	-	-	-	-	45
15	925	272	-	-	-	-	56
16	665	276	-	-	-	-	44
17	731	308	-	-	-	-	58
18	1,030	383	-	-	-	-	48
19	634	346	-	-	-	-	68
20	1,115	545	-	-	-	-	65
21	980	448	-	-	-	-	53
22	620	339	-	-	-	-	49
23	854	492	-	-	-	-	34
24	1,400	678	-	-	-	-	39
25	918	641	-	-	-	-	30
26	665	276	-	-	-	-	36
27	521	331	-	-	-	-	21
28	1,030	383	-	-	-	-	49
29	850	412	-	-	-	-	45
30	918	641	-	-	-	-	46
31	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	24
32	n.a.	n.a.	-	-	-	-	48
Median	918	364	-				48

¹, cells/μl; ², HIV RNA copies per ml plasma (log₁₀); ³, months; ART, antiretroviral therapy; ⁴, months post-infection; ⁵, years; n.a., information not available.

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