A model of Ph' positive chronic myeloid leukemia-blast crisis cell line growth in immunodeficient SCID mice.

T. Skórski, M. Nieborowska-Skórska, B. Calabretta

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

A human Philadelphia-chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia-blast crisis (CML-BC) cell line BV173 proliferated in the hematopoietic tissues, infiltrated various organs and caused the death of immunodeficient SCID mice. Leukemia spreading was assessed with diminished number of bone marrow cells and caused splenomegaly. The leukemic colonies grew from single cell suspension of bone marrow, spleen and peripheral blood. Bcr-abl m-RNA was detectable in bone marrow, spleen, peripheral blood, liver, lungs and brain. Dying mice demonstrated severely hypoplastic bone marrow, splenomegaly and massive metastases in the liver and kidneys. The survival time of animals was dependent on the number of inoculated leukemia cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-96
Number of pages6
JournalFolia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Volume30
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1992

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'A model of Ph' positive chronic myeloid leukemia-blast crisis cell line growth in immunodeficient SCID mice.'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this