The formation of spontaneous rosettes between human lymphocytes and sheep erythro ytes under suitable conditions is a constant feature of T-lymphocytes. Recently. It has been demonstrated in the mouse, rat, guinea pig and in man that a certain proportion of peripheral blood lymphocytes has the property to bind autolognus erythrocytes in vitro. These lymphocytes are called auiologous rosette forming cells(ARFC). Although there are several reports on human ARFC. the results are not in accordance. The present study was undertaken to demonstrate the autologous rosette forming property of human peripheral blood lymphocytes, and to enumerate the percentage of ARFC in different sex and age guoups. Fifty healthy persons entered this study between Martch and September. 1980. at the Department of Dermatolgy, Seoul National Universty Hospital. The method of quantitation of AREC was s sight modification of that of Lambermont et al(1977). The results were as follows.
Male ; Humans ; Mice ; Animals