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. 2013 Dec 16;8(12):e84185. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084185

Figure 1. CD86+ B cells are more frequent in HIV+ than HIV- subjects and correlate with viremia.

Figure 1

PBMCs from HIV- (open circles) or HIV+ (closed circles) subjects were incubated overnight without stimulation and evaluated for surface level CD86 expression on B cells. HIV+ subjects had a higher frequency of CD86+ B cells compared to HIV- subjects (unpaired t-test not shown on graph, p=0.03). The frequency of CD19+CD86+ B cells in HIV+ individuals correlates with the level of viremia (r=.63; p=.003). Correlation statistics shown are derived from HIV+ subject data only and do not include data from HIV- subjects.