One million CD8 T cell-depleted PBMCs (Dynabeads CD8, StemCell) were incubated with an HIV Gag peptide pool (1μg/ml/peptide) or left unstimulated and incubated at 37°C in RPMI supplemented with 10% HAB and PenStrep. Cytokine secretion in supernatants was measured 48 hours after stimulation on a Luminex beads array platform, as previously described19 (link), 20 (link). Measurements were performed in duplicates using the Human High Sensitivity Cytokine Premixed Kit B (R&D Systems) for IL-2, IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-17A, IL-22 and IL-31 or for IL-17F on a Bio-plex 200 array system (Bio-Rad Laboratories) per manufacturer’ s instructions. CXCL13 was measured separately with the Human CXCL13 Quantikine ELISA Kit (R&D Systems), as per manufacturer’s instructions.