Measurement of Lymphocyte Subpopulations in the Human Tonsils and Peripheral Blood

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  • ヒトの扁桃および末梢血リンパ球の Subpopulation の測定
  • ヒト ノ ヘントウ オヨビ マッショウケツ リンパキュウ ノ Subpopul
  • By the Mixed Rosette Assay with SRBC and Immunobeads
  • SRBCと Immunobeads を用いた Mixed Rosette Assay 法による

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Lymphocyte subpopulations in the palatine tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil and peripheral blood were investigated using the mixed rosette assay with SRBC and immunobeads. Part of T-cells are counted as B cells under the conventional separate assay performed by using E or EAC rosette. However, the above method precludes such erroneous counting, and four subpopulations of lymphocytes were microscopically observed on the same field. This study showed that unlike the previous findings, tonsillar lymphocytes were not B-cell-rich. Furthermore, it was suggested that the percentages of tonsillar lymphocyte subpopulations depended greatly upon the patient's age (children or adults), or the size and condition of the tonsils. The tonsillar lymphocyte subpopulation seemed to be T-cell-rich in adult patients who had the submerged tonsils and had no recent history of tonsillitis. Similar experiments could not be conducted with children because of the absence of evidently submerged tonsils in most cases. Tonsillar lymphocytes were T-cell-rich in some patients who also had adenoids. However, this study could not clarify the type of adenoid in which the tonsillar lymphocyte population was T-cell-rich.

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