Studies of apoptosis using BM aspirate and biopsy from MDS patients
| Serial no. . | FAB classification . | BM aspirate . | BM biopsy . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apoptotic cells by EM, % . | Semiquantitative assessment* . | ||||
| LDF . | HDF . | ISEL . | EM . | ||
| 1 | Donor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | NA | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | NA | |
| MDS | |||||
| 5 | RA | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | RA | 16 | 29 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | RA | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | RA | 8 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | RA | 12 | 26 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | RA | 19 | 44 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | RA | 9 | 28 | NE | 5 |
| 12 | RARS | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | RARS | 4 | 26 | 6 | 5 |
| 14 | RARS | 14 | 32 | 4 | 4 |
| Serial no. . | FAB classification . | BM aspirate . | BM biopsy . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apoptotic cells by EM, % . | Semiquantitative assessment* . | ||||
| LDF . | HDF . | ISEL . | EM . | ||
| 1 | Donor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | NA | 1 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | NA | |
| MDS | |||||
| 5 | RA | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | RA | 16 | 29 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | RA | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | RA | 8 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | RA | 12 | 26 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | RA | 19 | 44 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | RA | 9 | 28 | NE | 5 |
| 12 | RARS | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | RARS | 4 | 26 | 6 | 5 |
| 14 | RARS | 14 | 32 | 4 | 4 |
NA indicates not available; NE, not evaluable.
Scale, 1 to 8.