Figure 6.
Relationship between HIV-1-specific antibodies in the serum of HIV-1-infected individuals and corresponding frequencies of Env-specific B cells in bone marrow and peripheral blood. Graphs showing correlation of serum (A) Env-binding antibodies and (B) HIV-neutralizing activity (reported as IC50) against NL4/3 pseudovirus with the frequency of Env-specific cells among bone marrow PCs (left), PBMC PBs (center), and IgG+ PBMC (memory) B cells (right). For PCs and PBs, the assay was ELISPOT and for IgG+ B cells the assay was flow cytometry and data are those shown in Figure 4 and 5, except Env-specific peripheral blood ASCs is reported relative to total frequencies of PBs among B cells, as measured by flow cytometry.