Figure 1. Comparable inhibition of HIV replication between ECs and CPs in freshly isolated CD8⁺ T cells.

(A) VIA of 3 representative subjects: an EC (left), a CP (center), and an HIV-uninfected person (HIV neg, right). CD8⁺ T cells examined in this assay were incubated for 3 d without stimulation (rested) or were isolated on the day of coculture establishment (freshly thawed). (B, C) viral inhibition capacity at d 7 comparing rested with freshly thawed CD8⁺ T cells for 20 ECs, 12 CPs, and 5 HIV-negative subjects. Log inhibition was calculated as −log₁₀ (p24 in coculture/p24 infected CD4 only).