Comparative analysis of activation induced marker (AIM) assays for sensitive identification of antigen-specific CD4 T cells

• Samantha Reiss ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samantha Reiss, Amy E. Baxter

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Amy E. Baxter ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Samantha Reiss, Amy E. Baxter

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations CR-CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Kimberly M. Cirelli,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Jennifer M. Dan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America, UCSD School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Antigoni Morou,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation CR-CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

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• Audrey Daigneault,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation CR-CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

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• Nathalie Brassard,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation CR-CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

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• Guido Silvestri,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jean-Pierre Routy,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Chronic Viral Illnesses Service and Division of Hematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, Canada

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• Colin Havenar-Daughton,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Shane Crotty ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shane@lji.org (SC); daniel.kaufmann@umontreal.ca (DEK)

  ¶‡ SC and DEK are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, California, United States of America, UCSD School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Daniel E. Kaufmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: shane@lji.org (SC); daniel.kaufmann@umontreal.ca (DEK)

  ¶‡ SC and DEK are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations CR-CHUM, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4467-136X

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