[The activity of immunocompetent cells and macrophages in pulmonary sarcoidosis (in comparison to tuberculosis)].

Composition of immunocompetent cells and production of cytokins (IL-1, IL-2, IL-6 and PNO) by stimulated and nonstimulated cells of blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were evaluated in 35 and 25 sarcoidosis and tuberculosis patients, respectively. Comparable differences were recorded in concentration of T-cells and T-helpers versus BAL in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis as well as in intensity of cytokin production by mononuclears obtained from various sources.