Figure 4From: T cell receptor-Vβ repertoires in lung and blood CD4+ and CD8+T cells of pulmonary sarcoidosis patients Higher V β13.6 usage in CD8 + BAL cells compared to PBMC. Comparisons between TCR Vβ segment expression in CD8+ T cells in lung and blood revealed a statistically significantly higher expression of segment Vβ13.6 in lung than blood in sarcoidosis patients (** p < 0.01, Wilcoxon’s signed ranks test).Back to article page