Blood, 1957, Vol. 12, No. 9, pp. 829-833.
© 1957 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Osmotic Resistance of Leukocytes in Peripheral
Blood and Splenic Circulation of the Rabbit
E. STORTI 1,
L. BELLESIA 1, and
E. LUSVARGHI 1
1 Institute of Special Medical Pathology and Clinical Methodology, Modena
University, Italy.
By studying the behavior of the resistance of leukocytes to hypotonic saline
solution we have found that leukocytes leaving the spleen are much less resistant
than those entering it.
It is felt that the change in resistance affecting leukocytes on their passage
through the spleen is in all probability the manifestation of one of the mechanisms by which the spleen regulates the life span of leukocytes.
Submitted on October 7, 1956
Accepted on March 27, 1957