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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Immunol Lett. 2014 Sep 26;162(2 0 0):264–272. doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.09.016

Table 2.

CD4 T-cell proliferation and cytokine production among ART-treated optimal responders and healthy HIV-negative adults after stimulation with SEB, PPD, CMV antigens and pneumococcal polysaccharide type 2.

Parameter ART-treated optimal responders Healthy-HIV-negative people p-Value
CD4 T-cell proliferation
SEB antigen, median % 6.32 5.84 0.971
PPD antigen, median % 0.74 4.430 0.016
Pneumococcal polysaccharide antigen 0.74 4.43 0.016
CMV antigen, median % 2.650 2.050 0.480
Cytokine production after stimulation with SEB antigen
IL-2, median % 0 0.74 0.0002
IL-4, median % 2.50 2.57 0.528
IFN-gamma, median % 2.15 3.72 0.891

ART, antiretroviral therapy, SEB, Staphylococcal enterotoxin B, PPD, purified protein derivative, CMV, cytomegalovirus, IL-2, interleukin-2, IL-4, Interleukin-4, IFN-γ, interferon gamma.