title: [Functional criteria for the differentiation of leukemic cells. II. The fungicidal activity of the blast cells from patients with acute monoblastic leukemia].
abstract: The studies in the present work are a continuation of the previous studies of the author's on the functional activity of leukosis cells and discuss their fungicidal activity versus Candida albicans. Blast cells from 22 patients with various clinical-morphological forms of acute leukosis were studied. It has been concluded from the results obtained that leukosis cells of monoblast type in acute myelomonoblast (M4) and monoblast (M5) leukosis are able to lyse Candida albicans, the value of their fungicidal activity being lower than that of mature monocytes from peripheral blood of healthy subjects. The fungicidal activity is observed in leukosis cells from patients with promyelocyte (M3) leukosis. The authors propose the fungicidal activity of leukosis cells to be used as an additional, functional criterium in the differentiation of their type.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nedialkova
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mikhalev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tosheva
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Georgieva
mesh_terms: D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000145:classification; D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D002176:Candida albicans; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000097:blood*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000097:blood; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood
vernacular_title: Funktsionalni kriterii za diferentsiatsiiata na levkozni kletki. II. Fungitsidna aktivnost na blastni kletki ot bolni s ostra monoblastna lekoza.