Table 3.

Phenotypical characterization of CD57⁺αβ T cells or CD57^–αβ T cells in BALF

	CD4 (%)	CD8 (%)	CD4/8 ratio	CD56 (%)	CD161* (%)	CD122† (%)
CD57+αβ T cells	74·13 ± 3·09	20·84 ± 2·17	5·54 ± 1·13	2·68 ± 0·30	33·00 ± 1·98	20·03 ± 4·18
CD57–αβ T cells	75·77 ± 2·02	23·07 ± 2·26	5·47 ± 0·83	2·23 ± 0·26	35·59 ± 1·98	14·00 ± 2·72

Data were obtained from 52

^*30 or

^†20 patients with sarcoidosis. Values are expressed as the mean ± s.e.m.