Table 1.
Composition of the B cell pool of recruited participants
| B cell subsets | Healthy | HIV+ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young | Elderly | Young | Elderly | |
| (n=6) | (n=6) | (n=6) | (n=6) | |
| Naive | 52.7±2.4 | 62.7±3.6* | 46.0±2.0 | 35.8±2.7* ### |
| IgM memory | 21.2±7.7 | 16.2±3.3 | 24.3±1.2 | 15.7±3.8 |
| Switched memory | 21.8±0.9 | 4.0±1.6**** | 7.0±0.8#### | 7.5±1.9 |
| Double Negative | 4.5±1.1 | 14.7±2.3** | 22.7±1.6#### | 40.9±3.3** ### |
Asteriscs indicate differences between young and elderly participants, either healthy or HIV+: *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ****p<0.0001
Pound signs indicate differences between healthy and HIV+ participants, both young and elderly: ###p<0.001; ####p<0.0001