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Publications and source records attributed to F G Hayhoe.
A full surface marker study of the splenic storage cells in a case of Gaucher's disease largely substantiates the monocyte/histiocyte nature of Gaucher's cells. In addition, an apparent T-lymphocyte deficiency is demonstrated in the spleen and peripheral blood, and the possible significance of this finding is discussed.
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By the use of a rosette test employing yeast particles coated with C3 activated by the alternative pathway, we have demonstrated that the hairy cells of leukaemic reticuloendotheliosis (LRE) do not possess a receptor for C3. It is also shown that hairy cells display a consistently lower percentage of rosette formation with ox EAC than with ox EA IgM and this is attributed to varying degrees of steric hindrance of IgM or incomplete coating by complement. Blocking with monomeric IgM confirmed this interpretation. These results are used to reconcile previously conflicting reports concerning the presence or absence of a receptor for C3 on the hairy cells of LRE, and to suggest that the disease is accompanied by a severe reduction of normal B lymphocytes.
The kinetics of turnover of a surface receptor for IgM were studied in six cases of hairy cell leukemia and four cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the results were used as an indicator of membrane turnover in the pathologic cells of these two chronic leukemias. Rosette formation, shedding, and reexpression with EA (IgM) by hairy cells, a process which was shown to require protein synthesis, followed a cyclical pattern with a modal peak-to-peak reexpression time of 6 hr. Membrane turnover time in the cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia was 12 hr or more. This work indicates that a reduced membrane turnover rate is not an essential feature of chronic leukemias. The more general application of this type of approach to the study of membrane turnover in normal cells and their pathologic counterparts are discussed.
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A cytological, cytochemical, and cytometric study of plasma cells from 195 cases of multiple myeloma showed that, contrary to earlier reports, flaming cells, thesaurocytes, and intranuclear inclusions are not confined to IgA-secreting cases but are common also in IgG and Bence Jones varieties of myeloma. IgA-secreting cells are not larger, nor do they have a lower nuclear cytoplasmic ratio than other myeloma cells. On average, for a given mass of tumour, Bence-Jones, IgG, and IgA varieties of myeloma produce amounts of paraprotein in the ratio 1 to 1-6 to 2-7.
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The pleomorphic cytology of the HT-1 cell line is described. Cytochemical studies indicated the presence of glycogen and lysosomes in these cells. Cytogenetic studies demonstrated the presence of a large telocentric chromosome (M1) and two minute chromosomes (M2) not found in normal hamster cells. A cloned line was isolated which did not contain these marker chromosomes. All cells were hyperdiploid with chromosome number around triploidy, although none was a true triploid. Ultrastructural studies revealed the presence of "nuclear bodies", "dense bodies" and "interchromatinic granules" which have been previously described in viral induced malignancies. A few of the cells contained in their cytoplasm structures of approximately 700 [unk] in diameter which bore some resemblance to immature virus particles. Both light and electron microscopy demonstrated some nuclei lacking chromatin aggregates. This is interpreted to mean that the total genetic material of these nuclei was dispersed as free DNA not linked with histone to form chromatin aggregates.
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