Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid IFN- Th17 Cells and Regulatory T Cells in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Figure 3
Fractions of IFN-γ + Th17 cells increase with radiological stage in sarcoidosis. The relationship of IFN-γ + Th17 cells and radiological stage in patients with sarcoidosis () and healthy control subjects (). Fractions of IFN-γ + Th17 cells increase with advancing stage (, Spearman’s rho = 0.454, and ). Bars represent median. HC: Healthy control subjects.