Significant CD4, CD8, and CD19 lymphopenia in peripheral blood of sarcoidosis patients correlates with severe disease manifestations.

Significant CD4, CD8, and CD19 lymphopenia in peripheral blood of sarcoidosis patients correlates with severe disease manifestations.

Sarcoidosis is a poorly understood chronic inflammatory condition. Infiltration of affected organs by lymphocytes is characteristic of sarcoidosis, however previous reports suggest that circulating lymphocyte counts are low in some patients with the disease. The goal of this study was to evaluate ly...

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Main Authors: Nadera J Sweiss, Rafah Salloum, Seema Gandhi, Maria-Luisa Alegre, Ray Sawaqed, Maria Badaracco, Kenneth Pursell, David Pitrak, Robert P Baughman, David R Moller, Joe G N Garcia, Timothy B Niewold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2816716?pdf=render

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