Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Decreased total CD8+ T cell proportion

HP:0005415

What it means

Abnormal decrease of cytotoxic CD3+CD8+ T cells, measured as percentage of total CD3+ T cells in the blood, compared to a reference range for a given sex and age-group. These are usually measured within the TCR alpha/beta positive population.

Rare diseases that can present with this5

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Decreased proportion of CD8+ T cells · Decreased proportion of CD8-positive T cells · Decreased proportion of CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cells

Decreased total CD8+ T cell proportion

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This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.