T helper and T suppressor subpopulations in pollinosis. Effect of specific immunotherapy

In this work, possible alterations in OKT-4+ and OKT-8+ cells in relation to pollinosis in studied, 33 pollinic patients were studied. 11 of these had not received immunotherapy and the rest had been treated with specific immunotherapy. The possible effect of immunotherapy on the T helper/T suppressor ratio is evaluated. No significant differences between the two groups of patients were found neither in relation to duration of immunotherapy nor in relation to the control group.