Figure 2From: Altered expression of T cell Immunoglobulin-Mucin (TIM) molecules in bronchoalveolar lavage CD4+ T cells in sarcoidosis The levels of TIM-3 mRNA correlated negatively with the ratio of CD4 to CD8 in BALF (n = 28; r = -0.4, p = 0.035) in the whole patient group. The correlation was analysed using Spearman's rank correlation test. Filled circles: Löfgren's patients; open circles: non- Löfgren's patients.Back to article page