LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATIONS IN PERIPHERAL-BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH FARMERS LUNG

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Abstract
The numbers of mononuclear cells having receptors for sheep red blood cells (T [thymus derived] lymphocytes) or complement (B [bone marrow derived] lymphocytes) in the peripheral blood of farmer''s lung patients were determined. In patients recovering from a clinical episode of farmer''s lung or exposed to moldy hay or fodder, the percentage of T lymphocytes and the T lymphocytes per mm3 were reduced; the number of B lymphocytes remained within normal limits. Farmer''s lung patients having no exposure to moldy hay or fodder had T and B lymphocyte numbers similar to a normal population.

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