Afanasyeva V.V., Butenko A.K., Zak K.P.

Electron microscopy and ultracytochemistry of lymphocytes containing Gall bodies in the blood of patients with diabetes mellitus, Hodgkin disease, and clean-up workers of the Chernobyl accident

Cytology and Genetics 2004, v 38, number 3, 66-71

Submicroscopic and ultracytochemical changes in lymphocytes containing Gall body complex in the cytoplasm, have been studied in the blood of patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, Hodgkin disease, and clean-up workers of the Chernobyl accident. It has been shown that each pathological state was characterized by specific changes in the ultrastructure of Gall body complex, that pointed out its important role in the function of this type of lymphocytes and may be used as an additional cytological criterion in the estimation of T-immunity status.