Blood Lines - Table of Contents: 2

Preface	xiii
Introduction	1
The Novel Mouse: Opening Remarks and Initial Investigations	5
Some comments before starting A miscellany of mouse information The basic investigational procedures Case history General inspection Initial hematological examination Hematocrit Platelet counts Neonatal or fetal blood Comment General comments on the collection of hematopoietic tissues and preparation of cell suspensions Collection of hematopoietic organs and autopsy Peritoneal cells The completed autopsy procedure Organ weighing Spleen Bone marrow Other organs Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) analyses Sterility Collecting organs for histological examination The importance of cell numbers and morphology Numbers of mice to be examined Final comment
Hematopoietic Subpopulations, Their Detection and Regulation	39
Analysis of Hematopoietic Tissues Using Semi-solid Cultures	57
Analyzing Semi-solid Cultures	83
Assessing Proliferative and Self-renewal Capacity and Data Presentation	107
The Importance and Design of Long-term Survival Studies	123
Histological Examination	131
Transplantation Tests	151
Diseases Involving Hematopoietic Tissues	167
Additional Analyses	211
Applying Closure	217
References	227