Statistical approaches to analyzing HIV-1 neutralizing antibody assay data.

ABSTRACT: Neutralizing antibody assays are widely used in research toward development of a preventive HIV-1 vaccine. Currently, the neutralization potency of an antibody is typically quantified by the inhibitory concentration (IC) values (e.g., IC50), and the neutralization breadth is estimated by the empirical method. In this paper, we propose the AUC and pAUC measures for summarizing the titration curve, which complement the commonly used IC measure. We present multiple advantages of AUC over IC50, which include no complications due to censoring, the capability to explore low-level neutralization, and improved coverage probabilities and efficiency of estimators. We also propose statistical methods for determining positive neutralization and for estimating the neutralization breadth. The simulation

SUBMITTER: Yu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3959164 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature