SUMMARYPeripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells obtained from sarcoidosis patients were investigated for the presence of mRNA for IFN-7. RNA was extracted from freshly obtained cells. In 12 cases PBMC were studied and in seven cases BAL cells were also available for concomitant investigation. In eight patients mRNA for IFN-7 was present in blood and was significantly associated with stage 1 disease (/' = 0 030). By comparison. BAL ceils were less frequently positive for IFN--> transcripts (/• = 0039). Only one patient had simultaneous expression of IFN-7 gene in blood and BAL cells. All other patients including four positive in blood were negative in BAL. The presence of lFN--r transcripts in PBMC was significanliy associated with the capacity of these cells to generate IFN-7 in unstimulated cultures. FBMC from patients showing IFN-7 mRNA in blood were frequently high IFN-7 producers in anti-CD3 MoAb-stimulated cultures.
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