Figure 2.
CD8+ T-cell activation, exhaustion, differentiation, and terminal differentiation in high-risk and low-risk men who have sex with men (MSM) and blood bank donors (BBD). The normalized percentages of T-cell subsets within the total CD4+ (A) and CD8+ T-cell population (B). The normalized percentages of CD57+, CD27−CD28−, and CD57+ expressing cells within CD28− cells within the total CD4+ (C) and CD8+ T-cell population (D). Men who have sex with men with high-risk sexual behavior (hr-MSM), n = 34; MSM without high-risk sexual behavior (lr-MSM), n = 19; blood bank donors (BBD), n = 26. Significance was assessed on normalized data with multivariable linear regression, corrected for age (*, P < .05; **, P < .01; ***, P < .001; ****, P < .0001; significance after Bonferroni correction in red and bold). Data represent mean ± standard deviation. Some individuals were excluded from analysis due to insufficient cell numbers. SQRT, square root.
