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Morphometric analysis was performed on UA tissue from nonsnoring control subjects (n = 7) and patients with OSA (n = 11) following palatal surgery. As compared with control subjects, inflammatory cells were increased in the muscular layer of patients with OSA, with CD4+ and activated CD25+ T cells (both increased \u223c threefold) predominating. Inflammation was also present in UA mucosa, but with a different pattern consisting of CD8+ (2.8-fold increase) and activated CD25+ (3.2-fold increase) T cell predominance. As ascertained by immunoreactivity for the panneuronal marker PGP9.5, there was a dramatic (5.7-fold) increase in intramuscular nerve fibers in OSA patients compared with control subjects, as well as direct evidence of denervation based on positive immunostaining of the muscle fiber sarcolemmal membrane for the neural cell adhesion molecule in patients with OSA. 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