Table 2.

Percentage of lymphocytes in mediastinal lymph nodes

	CD3+ (%)	CD3+ CD4+ (%)	CD3+ CD8+ (%)	CD19+ (%)
Control	9.4 (2.4–45.8)	48.0 (44.0–49.5)	46.2 (43.4–50.9)	6.6 (3.1–9.9)
Nose-only	22.5 (16.0–33.3)	48.9 (45.2–50.3)	47.6 (45.8–48.9)	11.9 (5.6–14.8)
Whole-body	47.8 (33.5–62.2) (**) ($)	47.8 (46.2–51.0)	48.0 (42.4–49.6)	15.7 (10.1–20.1) (*)

Data are expressed as median (Q1-Q3) (n = 8–15)

Lymphocytes were characterized with flow cytometry for respective T-lymphocytes (CD3+), T-helper (CD3+ CD4+), Cytotoxic T cell (CD3+ CD8+) and B-cell (CD19+) populations

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01 for control vs. whole-body and ^$p < 0.05 for nose-only vs. whole-body