title: Selective staining reactions of involved blood cells prior to symptoms of lymphatic leukemia in mice.
abstract: After inoculation with lymphatic leukemia virus, blood smears were obtained daily from young Balb/c mice. When the smears were stained with silver nitrate, a cytoplasmic granular deposition was first observed in the circulating polymorphs with a subsequent abrupt disappearance of any staining reaction in the cytoplasm. No further cytoplasmic reaction was noted in these cells. The mononuclear cells demonstrated a gradually increasing intracytoplasmic concentration of granules. Prior to the appearance of leukemic symptoms, the lymphoid cells showed extensive vacuolization. It is suggested that this staining procedure affords a means for identifying cells undergoing malignant transformation before symptoms are discernible in the host.
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authors.lastname: Lavenda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000097:blood*; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000097:blood*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013194:Staining and Labeling