Table 2: The number of leukocyte-lymphocyte marker-positive cells

Marker

Group

Epithelium

 (cell/mm˛), n

Superficial submucosa

 (cell/mm˛), n

Deep submucosa

(cell/mm˛), n

CD1

CG

21.12

3.20

1.68

IR

54.76

4.06

5.82

AR

51.19

5.88

4.19

CD3

CG

558.52

682.76

559.08

IR

576.41

529.53

482.76

AR

542.94

478.38

446.69

CD4

CG

366.64

426.92

388.00

IR

358.76

304.76

392.35

AR

295.56

279.63

274.75

CD8

CG

333.56

274.08

231.52

IR

331.41

270.24

247.59

AR

422.69

396.13

359.88

CD25

CG

9.96

6.96

4.76

IR

0.76

1.59

0.88

AR

0.31

1.75

1.88

CD14

CG

296.52

278.16

255.32

IR

193.94

175.29

160.18

AR

222.31

183.25

159.25

CD68

CG

111.96

93.36

78.04

IR

124.71

104.76

92.71

AR

116.81

103.13

83.19

 

(CG: Control group, IR: Idiopathic rhinitis, AR: Allergic rhinitis)