Table 2 Correlation between miR-146a levels and immune exhaustion markers of PBMCs.

From: Elevated expression of miR-146a correlates with high levels of immune cell exhaustion markers and suppresses cellular immune function in chronic HIV-1-infected patients

 

HIV-1-positive subjects

Early stage (n = 27)

Chronic stage (n = 35)

All subjects (n = 62)

miR-146a in PBMCs vs

CTLA-4

r = 0.038; p = 0.856

r = 0.408; p = 0.012*

r = 0.339; p = 0.007**

TIM-3

r = 0.306; p = 0.137

r = 0.423; p = 0.020*

r = 0.378; p = 0.003**

LAG-3

r = 0.186; p = 0.374

r = 0.076; p = 0.657

r = 0.091; p = 0.482

  1. All correlations are reported as Spearman r and P values (two-tailed). Significant values are shown in bold. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.
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