Ultrastructure of neutrophilic granulopoiesis in the bone marrow of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) |
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Authors: | J. Thiele J. Timmer B. Jansen R. Zankovich R. Fischer |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Cologne 41, Federal Republic of Germany 2. 1st Clinic of Medicine, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 9, D-5000, Cologne 41, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract: | In seven patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) an ultrastructural and morphometric study was performed on neutrophilic granulopoiesis in bone marrow trephine biopsies. Bone marrow specimens from five patients without hematological abnormalities served as controls. In stable phases of CML, abnormalities of the maturing granulocytic lineage were most conspicuously expressed by an infrequently occurring nuclear disfiguration (blebs and disturbed bridging of segments). Morphometric evaluation included the numbers of azurphil (primary) and specific (secondary) granules, the cisternal length of the endoplasmic reticulum and the area of the mitochondrial profiles. These variables could be determined in early and late myeloblasts, promyelocytes, metamyelocytes, band cells and mature polymorphonuclear granulocytes. Statistical analysis with regard to control specimens demonstrated no significant differences in the total amount of neutrophil granules or of the other cell organelles. Partly supported by a grant from the Maria-Pesch Foundation, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Keywords: | Neutrophil granulocytes Chronic myeloid leukemia Nuclear disfiguration Granule content Amount of endoplasmic reticulum Mitochondrial area Morphometry |
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