[Ultrastructural changes in lysosomal apparatus of human platelets in pathologic states]

The author has presented the results of electron-microscopic and electron-histochemical investigations of the lysosomal apparatus in human platelets under the action of certain agents (acetylsalicylic acid, vincristine) and in pathologic states (acute leukemia, myeloproliferative diseases, autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura). Interrelation has been recorded between ultrastructural changes in the lysosomal apparatus and parameters of platelet functional activity. Biogenesis of lysosomal enzymes has been considered basing on molecular biology of the cell.