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. 2023 Oct 10;14:6326. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42027-6

Fig. 4. Serum IgG and IgA antibody profiling in eART and lART.

Fig. 4

a Violin plots comparing the binding of purified serum IgA and IgG antibodies to gp140 between eART (blue, n = 38) and lART (red, n = 40). The mean AUC is indicated below each violin plot. Bars represent the medians. Groups were compared using two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test with Welch’s correction. Antibodies were tested in duplicate. b Graphs comparing the in vitro neutralization activity of purified serum IgGs against Bal.26 (Bal), YU2.DG (YU2) and PVO.4 (PVO) between eART (n = 38) and lART (n = 40). Means from triplicates from TZM-bl assay experiments are shown. Pie charts summarize the frequency of individuals with IgG-mediated neutralizing activities (>10%) against one (1), two (2) or three (3) viruses (colored). White color indicates that no neutralization was detected (0). Groups were compared using 2 × 5 Fisher’s Exact test. c Violin plots comparing the binding of serum IgA, IgA1 and IgA2 antibodies to LPS between eART (blue, n = 38) and lART (red, n = 40). Means of triplicate values are shown. d Same as in (c) but for purified serum IgG and IgA antibodies against selected commensal bacteria. Bars in (c) and (d) represent the medians. Groups were compared using two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test with Welch’s correction. Antibodies were tested in duplicate. e Graphs showing the reactivity profiles against commensal bacteria of purified serum antibodies (IgA, purple straight lines; IgG, purple dashed lines; n = 78 in total) and bacteria-reactive monoclonal antibodies (mucosal IgA, red line (n = 10) and mucosal IgG, green line (n = 5)). Data are presented as mean values ± SD. Cumulative distributions between groups were compared using the two-tailed Kolmogorov–Smirnov unpaired test. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.