title: Leukemia diagnosis in murine bone marrow transplantation models.
abstract: The mouse is the most commonly used experimental animal, and a wide range of tumor types can arise in their hematopoietic system. Therefore, for research scientists and graduate students working in the field of experimental hematology, immunology, and cancer research, there is an urgent need for well-established protocols for the preparation of histology and cytology for leukemia diagnosis. Moreover, the criteria for the classification of hematopoietic neoplasms often vary between different laboratories. In this chapter, we describe diagnosis and analysis of leukemia in murine bone marrow transplantation models based primarily on the findings of the histology and cytology of hematopoietic and infiltrated tissues, peripheral blood smear, and immunophenotyping by FACS analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Hematology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Zhixiong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Modlich
authors.forename: Mishra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anjali
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002469:Cell Separation; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D023421:Models, Animal