Result: L90M exerts little or no effect on the susceptibility to tipranavir in HIV-1 isolates, while
I54M was associated with a reduced susceptibility to the inhibitor.
Result: Further statistical analysis was also performed to complete the linear correlation analysis of data showing non-normal distribution, which revealed that there are no significant differences between the values determined by the different assays (p > 0.05) (wild-type: z = 1.35 and p = 0.22;
I54M/
L90M mutant: z = 0.51 and p = 0.69).
Result: Introduction of the double mutation
I54M and
L90M greatly decreased the efficacy of the inhibitors, with the exception of tipranavir, which remained indifferent to the mutations.