Ring-shaped nuclei in human neutrophilic leukocytes of healthy individuals: evidence of their occurrence and characteristics.
In our previous work we found the presence of ring-shaped nuclei in circulating neutrophils of healthy individuals whose nuclei were stained only by means of the Feulgen reaction [1]. In our present work, we performed another study on the blood of 52 healthy human donors and stained their blood films with hematoxylin. In all cases, ring-shaped nuclei were revealed. In this series, the number of this type of nuclei was high: 15.61% +/- SD 7.18%. The ring nuclei of healthy humans had thin segments, such as we have previously found by means of Feulgen method.
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Catedra II de Histologia, Embriologia y Genetica, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006416:Hematoxylin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012016:Reference Values; D013194:Staining and Labeling
D006416:Hematoxylin