Table 1 Location and immunophenotype of 1191 EBER-positive human tonsil cells

From: Distribution and phenotype of Epstein–Barr virus-infected cells in human pharyngeal tonsils

 

Intraepithelial (%)

Interfollicular (%)

Follicular (%)

Total (%)

CD20+ B cells

24

44.2

14

82.2

CD3+ T cells

0.3

6.4

0

6.7

Cytokeratin+epithelial cells

1.2

—

—

1.2

Null cellsa

1.3

8.4

1.2

10.9

Total

26.8

59

15.2

100

  1. a Many of the null cells express extremely dim CD20 and have plasmacytoid features, and thus are likely to be plasmacytoid B cells.
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