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Table 1 Association of CTL responses to Gag epitopes with pVL and CD4 count

From: CD8+ T cells specific for conserved, cross-reactive Gag epitopes with strong ability to suppress HIV-1 replication

Epitope

Sequence

HLA

Frequency

Median of pVL

Median of CD4

P valueb

Res

Non-res

Res

Non-res

Res

Non-res

pVL

CD4

IV9

IILGLNKIV

A*02

2

219

FS8

FLGKIWPS

A*02:01

3

218

910,000

55,500

629

274

0.9882

0.012

AA9

ATLEEMMTA

A*02:06

16

205

22,500

58,000

388

269

0.0057

0.1788

YL9

YVDRFYKTL

A*02:07

2

219

SK10

SILDIKQGPK

A*11:01

0

221

AK11

ACQGVGGPGHK

A*11:01

4

217

36,500

56,000

450

274

0.3586

0.1277

DT9

DYVDRFYKT

A*24:02

1

220

ML8

MYSPTSIL

A*24:02

1

220

KR9

KIWPSHKGR

A*31:01

0

221

IK10

IAKNCRAPRK

A*31:01

9

212

67,000

55,500

325

275

0.4332

0.7564

DR11

DYVDRFYKTLR

A*33:03

5

216

55,000

56,000

185

279

0.5951

0.3866

GL9

GPGHKARVL

B*07:02

3

218

38,000

56,500

646

274

0.402

0.0741

GY9

GLNKIVRMY

B*15:01

13

208

100,000

55,000

269

285

0.6736

0.8588

NY10

NPPIPVGEIY

B*35:01

1

220

TL8

TERQANFL

B*40:02

23

198

45,000

59,500

416

275

0.1029

0.0392

WV8

WMTETLLV

B*52:01

22

199

39,500

58,000

405

269

0.0481

0.0006

RI8

RMYSPTSI

B*52:01

31

190

43,000

59,500

389

264

0.0414

0.0005

TW10

TSTLQEQIGW

B*58:01

2

219

NL11

NPDCKTILRAL

B*67:01

1

220

YI9

YSPTSILDI

C*01:02

10

211

123,000

55,000

214

281

0.0919

0.159

KL9

KALGPAATL

C*03

9

212

24,000

56,000

307

275

0.368

0.7865

YL9

YVDRFYKTL

C*03

5

216

76,000

55,500

224

285

0.7639

0.6464

KL9

KALGPAATL

C*08

13

208

24,000

58,000

320

274

0.0228

0.64

RI9a

RQANFLGKI

A*02:06

4

217

15,000

57,000

319

274

0.009

0.9741

TM9a

TLQEQIGWM

A*26:02

7

214

39,000

57,500

410

274

0.032

0.0921

HR10a

HIAKNCRAPR

A*33:03

9

212

4900

58,000

416

273

0.0002

0.0196

  1. aNew epitope
  2. bStatistically analyzed differences in pVL or CD4 count between responders and non-responders by Mann–Whitney test. Italics indicates that differences were statistically significant