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SURFACE STRUCTURE OF INTRAVASCULARY MEGAKARYOCYTES
Author(s) -
Aabo Kristian,
BendixHansen Knud
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1982.tb00067_90a.x
Subject(s) - megakaryocyte , budding , cytoplasm , pseudopodia , scanning electron microscope , biophysics , materials science , surface structure , electron microscope , chemistry , anatomy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , crystallography , cell , composite material , optics , haematopoiesis , physics , stem cell , biochemistry
To elucidate the surface structure of intravasculary megakaryocytes, rabbit megakaryocytes were isolated from central venous blood and examined by scanning electron microscopy. The megakaryocytes were approximately 50 μm in diameter and had a spherical appearance. The surface was extremely folded with ridges and clefts, but pseudopods (budding) were never seen. Naked megakaryocyte nuclei appeared irregular in shape owing to varying amounts of residual cytoplasm often resembling buds (blebs). Their size were 15–20 μm.