While the prognostic value of DNA ploidy has been well established for radical prostatectomy, external beam radiation, brachytherapy and androgen deprivation therapy its role as a survival outcome predictor for prostate cancer patients treated with cryoablation has not yet been examined. Anecdotal evidence suggesting that cryoablation may be independent of DNA ploidy type led to the implementat...

OBJECTIVES We assessed the relationship between DNA ploidy and histopathologic parameters and its effect on prognosis in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. PATIENTS AND METHODS Surgical sections of 44 patients who were treated for squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx were studied. Image cytometry measurements were performed on nuclear suspensions derived from paraffin-embed...

Megakaryocytic maturation was analyzed in long-term bone marrow cultures in the absence of added growth factors. Megakaryocytes could be observed for periods of up to 13 weeks in both the supernatant and stromal layer of these cultures. Using acetylcholinesterase staining for enumeration and sizing of megakaryocytes, and a novel rat antimurine platelet monoclonal antibody (MoAb) that detects on...

To reveal the effects of ploidy level and haplotype on photosynthetic traits, we chose 175 genotypes of wild strawberries belonging to two haplotypes at two types of ploidy levels (diploidy and tetraploidy) and measured photosynthetic traits. Our results revealed that ploidy significantly affected the characteristics of light-response curves, CO2-response curves, and leaf gas exchange parameter...

Bacteria are generally assumed to be monoploid (haploid). This assumption is mainly based on generalization of the results obtained with the most intensely studied model bacterium, Escherichia coli (a gamma-proteobacterium), which is monoploid during very slow growth. However, several species of proteobacteria are oligo- or polyploid, respectively. To get a better overview of the distribution o...

Megakaryocytes from normal routine human bone marrow aspirates were analyzed by flow cytometry for size, fine cell structure and granularity, membrane expression of glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa and ploidy. Marrow cells were initially enriched for megakaryocytes by a Percoll density gradient and megakaryocytes were labeled with a fluoresceinated monoclonal antibody directed to the GPIIb/IIIa compl...

Background -Hybridization and polyploidization are considered important driving forces of invasive processes. In the invasive Fallopia spp. complex, hybridization between taxa of various ploidy levels has been experimentally demonstrated. Extensive genetic variation has also been observed among hybrids in the field. However, what makes a certain hybridization event of evolutionary importance is...

C3H mice have higher average ploidy megakaryocytes than all other mouse strains tested, but the mode of inheritance of this anomaly is unknown. Therefore, to clarify the genetics of high ploidy megakaryocytes in C3H mice, w e measured megakaryocyte DNA content from both male and female offspring from F1, as well as backcross matings. In all, offspring fmm seven different matings of mice were st...