Table 2 Proportions of innate T cells in peripheral blood of sarcoidosis patients and healthy controls.

From: Activation of mucosal-associated invariant T cells in the lungs of sarcoidosis patients

Innate T cells

HC (n = 28)

SA (n = 40)

P value

MAIT cells (%)

2.51 ± 0.40

1.03 ± 0.14

0.0002

iNKT cells (%)

0.043 ± 0.008

0.053 ± 0.030

N.S.

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. HC, healthy controls; SA, patients with sarcoidosis; MAIT cells, mucosal-associated invariant T cells; iNKT cells, invariant natural killer T cells. The proportions of MAIT cells and iNKT cells are those among CD3+ Lineage− (CD1a−, CD11c−, CD14−, CD19−, CD34−, CD123−, CD303−, T cell receptor γ/δ−, and FcεR1α−) cells.
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