Expansion of circulating gamma delta T cells in active sarcoidosis closely correlates with defects in cellular immunity.

doi:10.1006/clin.1995.1032

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Expansion of circulating gamma delta T cells in active sarcoidosis closely correlates with defects in cellular immunity.

Clinical immunology and immunopathology - 1 Mar 1995

Nakata K, Sugie T, Cohen H, Nakano H, Aoki M

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The relationship between the level of gamma delta T cells and cellular immunity of T lymphocytes was assessed in the peripheral blood of active sarcoidosis patients and healthy controls. We divided the active sarcoidosis patients into two groups: a group of patients with a normal distribution of...

Topics

Adult
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Female
Humans
Immunity, Cellular
Immunophenotyping
Lymphocyte Activation
Male
Middle Aged
Mitogens
Phenotype
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta
Sarcoidosis
T-Lymphocytes

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