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Lopes M, Campos CM, Rosa VEE, Sampaio RO, Morais TC, Brito FS, Vieira MLC, Mathias W, Medeiros HNAA, Santis ASAL, Rochitte CE, Ribeiro MH, Santos LM, Abizaid A, Tarasoutchi F. Multimodality imaging and systemic biomarkers in classical low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis: key findings for cardiac remodeling evaluation. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Elevated levels of troponin I (hsTnT) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been related with poor prognosis in patients with LFLG-AS. Biomarkers are less expensive, more practical and more accessible than imaging tests, so their use can be an alternative to imaging in the evaluation of patients with LFLG-AS.
Purpose
The aim of the present study is to assess multimodality imaging findings according to systemic biomarkers (i.e. hsTnT and BNP) in Low-Flow, Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis (LFLG-AS) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) patients.
Methods
Prospective study with LFLG-AS patients (LVEF <50%, aortic valve area ≤1,0 cm2 and mean gradient <40 mmHg) that underwent hsTNnT, BNP, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) with T1 mapping and 2 dimensional echocardiogram (2DEcho). All patients also underwent dobutamine stress echocardiogram to define aortic stenosis severity. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to BNP and hsTnT levels: Group 1: BNP and hsTnT levels below median (BNP <395 pg/ml and TnI-Ultra <0.042 ng/ml); Group 2: BNP or hsTnT higher than median; and Group 3: both hsTnT and BNP higher than median.
Results
49 patients with LFLG-AS were included (Group 1: 17 patients, Group 2: 14 patients and Group 3: 18 patients). Clinical characteristics (including risk scores) were not able to stratify these groups. Patients with elevation of both biomarkers had lower valvuloarterial impedance (P=0.03), lower LVEF (P=0.02), less moderate/severe mitral (P=0.01) and tricuspid regurgitation (P<0.01) by 2DEcho. CMR identified a progressive increase (from Group 1 to 3) of right and left chamber volumes; reduction in right and left ejection fraction and a marked increase in myocardial fibrosis assessed by extracellular volume (ECV) and indexed extracellular volume (iECV) (Figure 1).
Conclusion
Higher levels of BNP and hsTnT in LFLG-AS patients were associated with worse multi-modality imaging parameters and can be a surrogate of cardiac remodeling.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public Institution(s). Main funding source(s): No funding
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Affiliation(s)
- M.A.A.A.M.L Lopes
- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (InCor), Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Jácome C, Almeida R, Pereira AM, Araújo L, Correia MA, Pereira M, Couto M, Lopes C, Chaves Loureiro C, Catarata MJ, Santos LM, Ramos B, Mendes A, Pedro E, Cidrais Rodrigues JC, Oliveira G, Aguiar AP, Arrobas AM, Costa J, Dias J, Todo Bom A, Azevedo J, Ribeiro C, Alves M, Pinto PL, Neuparth N, Palhinha A, Marques JG, Martins P, Trincão D, Neves A, Todo Bom F, Santos MA, Branco J, Loyoza C, Costa A, Silva Neto A, Silva D, Vasconcelos MJ, Teixeira MF, Ferreira-Magalhães M, Taborda Barata L, Carvalhal C, Santos N, Sofia Pinto C, Rodrigues Alves R, Moreira AS, Morais Silva P, Fernandes R, Ferreira R, Alves C, Câmara R, Ferraz de Oliveira J, Bordalo D, Calix MJ, Marques A, Nunes C, Menezes F, Gomes R, Almeida Fonseca J. Asthma App Use and Interest Among Patients With Asthma: A Multicenter Study. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2021; 30:137-140. [PMID: 32327403 DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- C Jácome
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal.,Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - L Araújo
- Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
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- Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - M Pereira
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal.,MEDIDA - Medicina, Educação, Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Avaliação, Porto, Portugal
| | - M Couto
- Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - C Lopes
- Unidade de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal.,Imunologia Básica e Clínica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - C Chaves Loureiro
- Serviço de Pneumologia A, Hospital Universitário de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia A, Hospital Universitário de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - L M Santos
- Serviço de Pneumologia A, Hospital Universitário de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - B Ramos
- Serviço de Pneumologia A, Hospital Universitário de Coimbra, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - A Mendes
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - J C Cidrais Rodrigues
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia B, Hospital Geral, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia B, Hospital Geral, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia B, Hospital Geral, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - J Azevedo
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - C Ribeiro
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - M Alves
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal.,Pathophysiology, CEDOC, Integrated Pathophysiological Mechanisms Research Group, Nova Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - J G Marques
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - P Martins
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal.,Pathophysiology, CEDOC, Integrated Pathophysiological Mechanisms Research Group, Nova Medical School, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - D Trincão
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - A Neves
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
| | - M A Santos
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
| | - J Branco
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Amato Lusitano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal.,Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Pêro da Covilhã, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal
| | - C Carvalhal
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Pêro da Covilhã, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira, Covilhã, Portugal
| | - N Santos
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal
| | - C Sofia Pinto
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital São Pedro de Vila Real, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
| | - R Rodrigues Alves
- Unidade de Imunoalergologia, Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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- Unidade de Imunoalergologia, Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pediatria, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.,Laboratório de Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
| | - R Ferreira
- Serviço de Pediatria, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - C Alves
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, Barreiro, Portugal
| | - R Câmara
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, Barreiro, Portugal
| | | | - D Bordalo
- Serviço de Pediatria, Unidade Hospitalar de Famalicão, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Ave, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
| | - M J Calix
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital de São Teotónio, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
| | - A Marques
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital de São Teotónio, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
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- Imunoalergologia, Centro de Imunoalergologia do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
| | - R Gomes
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
| | - J Almeida Fonseca
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal.,Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.,MEDIDA - Medicina, Educação, Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Avaliação, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Jácome C, Pereira R, Almeida R, Amaral R, Correia MA, Mendes S, Vieira-Marques P, Ferreira JA, Lopes I, Gomes J, Vidal C, López Freire S, Méndez Brea P, Arrobas A, Valério M, Chaves Loureiro C, Santos LM, Couto M, Araujo L, Todo Bom A, Azevedo JP, Cardoso J, Emiliano M, Gerardo R, Lozoya C, Pinto PL, Castro Neves A, Pinto N, Palhinha A, Teixeira F, Ferreira-Magalhães M, Alves C, Coelho D, Santos N, Menezes F, Gomes R, Cidrais Rodrigues JC, Oliveira G, Carvalho J, Rodrigues Alves R, Moreira AS, Costa A, Abreu C, Silva R, Morête A, Falcão H, Marques ML, Câmara R, Cálix MJ, Bordalo D, Silva D, Vasconcelos MJ, Fernandes RM, Ferreira R, Freitas P, Lopes F, Almeida Fonseca J. Validation of App and Phone Versions of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT). J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2020; 31:270-273. [PMID: 32856596 DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- C Jácome
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - R Almeida
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - R Amaral
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Dept. of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, Porto Health School, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - M A Correia
- Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - S Mendes
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - P Vieira-Marques
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - J A Ferreira
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - I Lopes
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - J Gomes
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
| | - C Vidal
- Servicio de Alergia, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
| | - S López Freire
- Servicio de Alergia, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
| | - P Méndez Brea
- Servicio de Alergia, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
| | - A Arrobas
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - M Valério
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - C Chaves Loureiro
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - M Couto
- Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - L Araujo
- Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal
| | - A Todo Bom
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
| | - J P Azevedo
- Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
| | - J Cardoso
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - M Emiliano
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - R Gerardo
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Santa Marta, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - C Lozoya
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Amato Lusitano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal
| | - P L Pinto
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - A Castro Neves
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - N Pinto
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - A Palhinha
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - F Teixeira
- Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - M Ferreira-Magalhães
- Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - C Alves
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, Barreiro, Portugal
| | - D Coelho
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Centro Hospitalar Barreiro Montijo, Barreiro, Portugal
| | - N Santos
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal
| | - F Menezes
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
| | - R Gomes
- Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
| | - J C Cidrais Rodrigues
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
| | - G Oliveira
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
| | - J Carvalho
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
| | - R Rodrigues Alves
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
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- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital do Divino Espirito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
| | - A Costa
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital da Senhora da Oliveira, Guimarães, Portugal
| | - C Abreu
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital São Pedro de Vila Real, Centro Hospitalar De Trás-Os-Montes E Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
| | - R Silva
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital São Pedro de Vila Real, Centro Hospitalar De Trás-Os-Montes E Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
| | - A Morête
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Centro Hospitalar Baixo Vouga, Aveiro, Portugal
| | - H Falcão
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - M L Marques
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - R Câmara
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal
| | - M J Cálix
- Serviço de Pediatria, Hospital de São Teotónio, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
| | - D Bordalo
- Serviço de Pediatria, Unidade Hospitalar de Famalicão, Centro Hospitalar do Médio Ave, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
| | - D Silva
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
| | - M J Vasconcelos
- Serviço de Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
| | - R M Fernandes
- Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.,Farmacologia Clínica e Terapêutica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - R Ferreira
- Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.,Clínica Universitária de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
| | - P Freitas
- Bloco operatório, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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- MEDIDA - Medicina, Educação, Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Avaliação, Porto, Portugal
| | - J Almeida Fonseca
- Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.,Allergy Unit, Instituto and Hospital CUF, Porto, Portugal.,MEDIDA - Medicina, Educação, Investigação, Desenvolvimento e Avaliação, Porto, Portugal
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Menegon YA, Pinheiro NB, Santos LM, Rodrigues PRC, Avila LFC, Conceição FR, Leite FPL. Toxocara canis infection may impair bovine herpesvirus type 5 immunization. Res Vet Sci 2020; 132:268-270. [PMID: 32693251 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Helminths have developed complex mechanisms to suppress the host immune response. These mechanisms may impair the host vaccine response. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Toxocara spp. infection on the vaccine immune response to bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BoHV-5). First, 30 heifers received two doses of an experimental BoHV-5 vaccine. At 42nd days after the primo vaccination the vaccine efficacy was evaluated, and the presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies. Second, 20 Balb/c mice were divided into two groups, one infected with T. canis and the other without infection. After infection, both groups received two doses of vaccine. The vaccine immune response was assessed by BoHV-5 serum neutralization and splenic cytokines transcription by qPCR. All heifers positive for Toxocara spp. (40%) showed BoHV-5 SN titer ≤1:32, whereas heifers negative for Toxocara spp. (60%) had BoHV-5 SN titer ≥1: 128. Infected T. canis mice showed BoHV-5 SN titer ≤1:2, whereas mice not infected with T. canis BoHV-5 SN titer ≥1:8. Splenocytes from control mice stimulated with BoHV-5 had a significant (p < .05) mRNA transcription for the cytokines IL-12, IL-17, and IL-23, whereas the same cytokines were down-regulated in T. canis infected mice. These results suggest that Toxocara spp. infection may impair BoHV-5 immunization and should be considered for efficient herd immunization.
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- Y A Menegon
- Federal University of Pelotas, Center for Technological Development, Biotechnology, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, Parasitology Graduate Program, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, Center for Technological Development, Biotechnology, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, Veterinary School, Laboratory of Virology, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Rio Grande, Medicine School, Laboratory of Parasitology, Rio Grande 96203-900, RS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, Center for Technological Development, Biotechnology, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, Center for Technological Development, Biotechnology, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil; Federal University of Pelotas, Parasitology Graduate Program, 96160-900 Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
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Alves JG, Sarmento S, Pereira JS, Pereira MF, Sousa MJ, Cunha L, Dias A, Oliveira AD, Cardoso JV, Santos LM, Lencart J, Gouvêa M, Santos JAM. Dose to the interventional radiologist in CTF-guided procedures. Radiat Environ Biophys 2019; 58:373-384. [PMID: 30993431 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-019-00792-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of this work was to assess the occupational dose received by an interventional radiologist (IR) during computed tomography fluoroscopy (CTF)-guided procedures; to identify the most exposed areas of the body including the hands and fingers; to suggest recommendations for individual monitoring; and to improve radiation safety of the practice. A total of 53 CTF-guided procedures were studied. Twelve whole-body dosimeters were worn by the IR in each procedure for the assessment of the personal dose equivalent, Hp(10), on the chest, waist, and back, both over and under the lead apron, as well as the personal dose equivalent, Hp(0.07), on both arms, knees, and feet. Special gloves with casings to fit extremity dosimeters were prepared to assess Hp(0.07) to the fingers. The measured chest dose values were higher than those on the waist and back; the dominant hand or the left side was the most exposed. In general, the ring, middle, and index fingers of the dominant hand were the most exposed (maximum in the 36-39 mSv range), while wrist dose was negligible compared to finger doses. Based on the results obtained the following recommendations are suggested: protective devices (lead aprons, thyroid shield, and goggles) should be worn; Hp(10) should be assessed at the chest level both above and below the lead apron; finger doses can be measured on the basis of each middle finger; the arm closer to the beam should be monitored; and finally, a wrist dosimeter will not provide useful information.
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- J G Alves
- Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal.
- Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares (DECN), Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), UL-IST, Bobadela LRS, Portugal.
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- Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPOPFG E.P.E.), Serviço de Física Médica, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal
- Centro de Investigação, IPOPFG E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares (DECN), Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), UL-IST, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares (DECN), Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), UL-IST, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Serviço de Radiologia de Intervenção, IPOPFG E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPOPFG E.P.E.), Serviço de Física Médica, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal
- Centro de Investigação, IPOPFG E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPOPFG E.P.E.), Serviço de Física Médica, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal
- Centro de Investigação, IPOPFG E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- Departamento de Engenharia e Ciências Nucleares (DECN), Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), UL-IST, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPOPFG E.P.E.), Serviço de Física Médica, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal
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- Serviço de Radiologia, IPOPFG E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil, EPE (IPOPFG E.P.E.), Serviço de Física Médica, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal
- Centro de Investigação, IPOPFG E.P.E., Porto, Portugal
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Pereira JS, Pereira MF, Rangel S, Caldeira M, Carvalhal G, Santos LM, Cardoso JV, Alves JG. TYPE TESTING OF LiF:Mg,Cu,P (TLD-100H) WHOLE-BODY DOSEMETERS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF Hp(10) AND Hp(0.07). Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2019; 184:216-223. [PMID: 30496554 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncy202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this work, the initial results of the type testing of the LiF:Mg,Cu,P (TLD-100H) whole-body personal dosemeters are presented. An assessment of reproducibility, linearity of the response, the residual signal as a function of the dose, energy and angular dependence of the response was performed. In general, the dosemeters show good reproducibility for different dose values and a linear behaviour for a range between 0.1 and 300 mSv. The detection limits obtained are lower than 50 μSv. The system presents a good energy and angular response for different radiation qualities.
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- J S Pereira
- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
- UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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Savchenko E, Singh Y, Konttinen H, Lejavova K, Mediavilla Santos L, Grubman A, Kärkkäinen V, Keksa-Goldsteine V, Naumenko N, Tavi P, White AR, Malm T, Koistinaho J, Kanninen KM. Loss of Cln5 causes altered neurogenesis in a mouse model of a childhood neurodegenerative disorder. Dis Model Mech 2017; 10:1089-1100. [PMID: 28733362 PMCID: PMC5611964 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.029165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Neural stem/progenitor cells (NPCs) generate new neurons in the brain throughout an individual's lifetime in an intricate process called neurogenesis. Neurogenic alterations are a common feature of several adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are the most common group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that mainly affect children. Pathological features of the NCLs include accumulation of lysosomal storage material, neuroinflammation and neuronal degeneration, yet the exact cause of this group of diseases remains poorly understood. The function of the CLN5 protein, causative of the CLN5 disease form of NCL, is unknown. In the present study, we sought to examine neurogenesis in the neurodegenerative disorder caused by loss of Cln5 Our findings demonstrate a newly identified crucial role for CLN5 in neurogenesis. We report for the first time that neurogenesis is increased in Cln5-deficient mice, which model the childhood neurodegenerative disorder caused by loss of Cln5 Our results demonstrate that, in Cln5 deficiency, proliferation of NPCs is increased, NPC migration is reduced and NPC differentiation towards the neuronal lineage is increased concomitantly with functional alterations in the NPCs. Moreover, the observed impairment in neurogenesis is correlated with increased expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β. A full understanding of the pathological mechanisms that lead to disease and the function of the NCL proteins are critical for designing effective therapeutic approaches for this devastating neurodegenerative disorder.
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- Ekaterina Savchenko
- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
- Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Australia
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Cell and Molecular Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston 4006, Australia
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Oliveira JS, Ferreira RS, Santos LM, Marin LJ, Corrêa RX, Luizon MR, Simões AL, Gadelha SR, Sousa SMB. Self-declared ethnicity and genomic ancestry in prostate cancer patients from Brazil. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr-15-gmr15048769. [PMID: 27813577 DOI: 10.4238/gmr15048769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Some studies of polymorphisms in prostate cancer (PCa) analyze individuals in a uniform manner, regardless of genetic ancestry. However, PCa aggressiveness differs between subjects of African descent and those of European extraction. Thus, genetic ancestry analysis may be used to detect population stratification in case-control association studies. We genotyped 11 ancestry informative markers to estimate the contributions of African, European, and Amerindian ancestries in a case-control sample of 213 individuals from Bahia State, Northeast Brazil, including 104 PCa patients. We compared this data with self-reported ancestry and the stratification of cases by PCa aggressiveness according to Gleason score. A larger African genetic contribution (44%) was detected among cases, and a greater European contribution (61%) among controls. Self-declaration data revealed that 74% of PCa patients considered themselves non-white (black and brown), and 41.3% of controls viewed themselves as white. Our data showed a higher degree of European ancestry among fast-growing cancer cases than those of intermediate and slow development. This differs from many previous studies, in which the prevalence of African ancestry has been reported for all grades. Differences were observed between degrees of PCa aggressiveness in terms of genetic ancestry. In particular, the greater European contribution among patients with high-grade PCa indicates that a population's genetic structure can influence case-control studies. This investigation contributes to our understanding of the genetic basis of tumor aggressiveness among groups of different genetic ancestries, especially admixed populations, and has significant implications for the assessment of inter-population heterogeneity in drug treatment effects.
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- J S Oliveira
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Jequié, BA, Brasil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil
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- Instituto Federal da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Farmacologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brasil
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Pereira MF, Pereira J, Rangel S, Saraiva M, Santos LM, Cardoso JV, Alves JG. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING WITH PASSIVE DETECTORS AT CTN IN PORTUGAL. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2016; 170:342-345. [PMID: 26598737 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of this work is to present the methods in use for environmental dose assessment with passive detectors at Campus Tecnológico e Nuclear (CTN) of Instituto Superior Técnico, in Portugal. The methods are based on LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100) detectors inserted in Harshaw holders placed at four locations and exchanged on a quarterly basis. An initial group of measurements allowed the estimation of the time interval necessary to attain a stable value, the determination of a fading factor, as well as the calculation method for the assessment of the ambient dose equivalent rate.
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- M F Pereira
- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), EN 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), EN 10 (ao km 139,7), Bobadela LRS 2986-066, Portugal
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Pereira J, Pereira MF, Rangel S, Saraiva M, Santos LM, Cardoso JV, Alves JG. FADING EFFECT OF LiF:Mg,Ti AND LiF:Mg,Cu,P Ext-Rad AND WHOLE-BODY DETECTORS. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2016; 170:177-180. [PMID: 26503857 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncv445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Thermoluminescence dosemeters are widely used in individual and environmental monitoring. The aim of this work was to compare the thermal stability of dosemeters of the Ext-Rad and whole-body card types with LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P detectors stored at different temperatures and periods. The dosemeters were stored at 0°C, room temperature and 40°C for periods that lasted 8, 30, 45, 90 and 120 d. In general, TLD-100H detectors present higher TL signal stability than TLD-100 detectors. The intensity of the signal remained constant for both materials for storage periods at 0°C. At RT the same results was observed for TLD-100H. For TLD-100 detectors, a maximum variation of 22 % was registered for the longest period. At 40°C the TL signal decreased with storage time for both detectors. The TL signal of TLD-100H detectors presented maximum variations of 12 % whereas for TLD-100 detectors, larger variations of 25 % were observed.
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- J Pereira
- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), EN 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Proteção e Segurança Radiológica (LPSR), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa (UL), Estrada Nacional 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal UL-IST, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), EN 10 (ao km 139,7), 2986-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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Fartaria MJ, Reis C, Pereira J, Pereira MF, Cardoso JV, Santos LM, Oliveira C, Holovey V, Pascoal A, Alves JG. Assessment of the mean glandular dose using LiF:Mg,Ti, LiF:Mg,Cu,P, Li2B4O7:Mn and Li2B4O7:Cu TL detectors in mammography radiation fields. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:6384-99. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/17/6384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Santos LM, Rodrigues D, Alemi M, Silva SC, Ribeiro CA, Cardoso I. Resveratrol administration increases Transthyretin protein levels ameliorating AD features- importance of transthyretin tetrameric stability. Mol Med 2016; 22:597-607. [PMID: 27385446 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2016.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous in vivo work showed that resveratrol has beneficial effects in the AD pathology, resulting in increased expression of transthyretin (TTR). TTR binds Aβ peptide avoiding its aggregation and toxicity, and is reduced in the CSF and plasma, in AD. Further, resveratrol binds TTR, stabilizing the native TTR tetrameric structure. To further explore the mechanism of neuroprotection conferred by TTR in AD, resveratrol was administrated, in the diet, to 5-8 months old AD transgenic female mice carrying just one copy of the mouse TTR gene, for two months. Effects in brain Aβ burden were evaluated by immunohistochemistry, and in total brain Aβ levels by ELISA, showing a striking decrease in both parameters in treated animals. In addition, total brain LRP1 protein levels were increased in treated animals, although its gene expression was unaltered. To further understand the mechanism(s) underlying such improvement in AD features, we measured TTR plasma levels showing that TTR increased in resveratrol-treated mice, whereas liver TTR gene transcription was not altered. These results strengthen the stability hypothesis, which postulates that TTR is unstable in AD leading to accelerated clearance and lower levels. Therefore, resveratrol which stabilizes the TTR tetramer results in TTR normalized clearance, thus increasing the protein plasma levels. In turn, stabilized TTR binds more strongly to Aβ peptide, avoiding its aggregation. Our results represent a step forward to the understanding of the mechanism underlying TTR protection in AD and highlight the possibility of using TTR stabilization as a therapeutic target in AD.
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- L M Santos
- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,ESTSP - Department of Health Sciences, School of Allied Health Technologies, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.,ESTSP - Department of Health Sciences, School of Allied Health Technologies, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Celular e Molecular.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Eisenlohr PV, Tavares JR, Oliveira SL, Santos AO, Valadão MBX, Bilce JM, Roberto RL, Castro HB, Zaratim ECP, Lima SL, Santos AJ, Silva APG, Lima LB, Melo-Santos KS, Figueiredo JDS, Santos LM, Pereira FC, Oliveira JCA, Miguel TB, Serpa AO, Kreutz C, Reis SMA. Thinking better about high-quality science: a look at some ethical flaws and productivity evaluation. BRAZ J BIOL 2015; 74:1009-10. [PMID: 25627616 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.17413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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- P V Eisenlohr
- Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Alta Floresta, Alta Floresta, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Nova Xavantina, Nova Xavantina, MT, Brasil
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Hofer CB, Abreu TF, Silva EG, Sepúlveda CA, Gibara FA, Lopes NRL, Mota AF, Barreiro SA, Santos LM, Souza EN, Frota ACC. Quality of Hand Hygiene in a Pediatric Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015; 28:622-4. [PMID: 17464929 DOI: 10.1086/513534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We assessed the quality of hand hygiene among healthcare workers at a pediatrics hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hand hygiene was performed in 491 (34%) of 1,455 opportunities. Of these hand hygiene events, correct performance was observed in only 173 (35%). Multivariate analysis revealed that correct performance of hand hygiene was associated with the use of an alcohol-based product and a lack of jewelry (for all events) and employment in an infirmary with a comparatively higher ratio of nurses to patients (for events involving nurses).
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- C B Hofer
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Pereira MF, Alves JG, Sarmento S, Santos JAM, Sousa MJ, Gouvêa M, Oliveira AD, Cardoso JV, Santos LM. Preliminary assessment of the dose to the interventional radiologist in fluoro-CT-guided procedures. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2011; 144:448-452. [PMID: 21112883 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A preliminary assessment of the occupational dose to the intervention radiologist received in fluoroscopy computerised tomography (CT) used to guide the collection of lung and bone biopsies is presented. The main aim of this work was to evaluate the capability of the reading system as well as of the available whole-body (WB) and extremity dosemeters used in routine monthly monitoring periods to measure per procedure dose values. The intervention radiologist was allocated 10 WB detectors (LiF: Mg, Ti, TLD-100) placed at chest and abdomen levels above and below the lead apron, and at both right and left arms, knees and feet. A special glove was developed with casings for the insertion of 11 extremity detectors (LiF:Mg, Cu, P, TLD-100H) for the identification of the most highly exposed fingers. The H(p)(10) dose values received above the lead apron (ranged 0.20-0.02 mSv) depend mainly on the duration of the examination and on the placement of physician relative to the beam, while values below the apron are relatively low. The left arm seems to receive a higher dose value. H(p)(0.07) values to the hand (ranged 36.30-0.06 mSv) show that the index, middle and ring fingers are the most highly exposed. In this study, the wrist dose was negligible compared with the finger dose. These results are preliminary and further studies are needed to better characterise the dose assessment in CT fluoroscopy.
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- M F Pereira
- Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Unidade de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, EN10, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal.
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Freire LC, Pereira MF, Calado AM, Santos LM, Cardoso JV, Alves JG. Evaluation of the performance of two LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P dosemeters for extremity monitoring. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2011; 144:140-143. [PMID: 21081520 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this paper, the results aimed at assessing the performance of two varieties of LiF detectors (LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P) in photon fields relatively to reproducibility, detection threshold and angular dependence as defined in the ISO 12794 standard are presented. The fading properties and the limit of detection were also investigated for both materials. The results suggest that both LiF varieties are well suited for extremity monitoring. However, better fading properties of LiF:Mg,Cu,P when compared with LiF:Mg,Ti, combined with previous results relatively to energy dependence suggests that LiF:Mg,Cu,P dosemeters are better suited for extremity monitoring.
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- L C Freire
- Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Unidade de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica, Estrada Nacional 10, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal
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Santos LM, Gama RA, Eiras AE, Fonseca CG. Genetic differences based on AFLP markers in the mosquito species Anopheles darlingi collected in versus near houses in the region of Porto Velho, RO, Brazil. Genet Mol Res 2010; 9:2254-62. [PMID: 21086262 DOI: 10.4238/vol9-4gmr994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Anopheles darlingi is the most important malaria vector in Central and South America. After a dramatic reduction of malaria cases in the whole Brazilian territory, with the lowest abundance being attained by 1970, the disease resurged in the Amazon region, where it is now a great public health concern. Consequently, better knowledge about vector species became urgent. We examined the genetic diversity and population structure of A. darlingi, sampled in four localities in the State of Rondônia, Brazil, using 139 amplified fragment length polymorphism marker loci. In each locality, samples were collected in two environments: a peri-domicile one (in the balconies of houses) and an extra-domicile environment (about 15 m from the house). Estimates of expected heterozygosity, Shannon diversity index and percentage of polymorphic loci showed medium to high values, with the samples from the areas closer to Porto Velho exhibiting the smallest values. There was evidence of small population differences, evaluated by F(st), genetic distance and analysis of molecular variance. Comparison between peri- and extra-domicile samples showed greater values of F(st) and genetic distance than between pairs of localities, indicating influence of environmental conditions on the genetics of populations.
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- L M Santos
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Neumann E, Ramos MG, Santos LM, Rodrigues ACP, Vieira EC, Afonso LCC, Nicoli JR, Vieira LQ. Lactobacillus delbrueckii UFV-H2b20 induces type 1 cytokine production by mouse cells in vitro and in vivo. Braz J Med Biol Res 2009; 42:358-67. [PMID: 19330264 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2009000400008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Lactobacillus delbrueckii UFV-H2b20 has been shown to increase clearance of bacteria injected into the blood of germ-free mice. Moreover, it induces the production of type 1 cytokines by human peripheral mononuclear cells. The objective of the present study was to investigate the production of inflammatory cytokines [interleukin-12 (IL-12 p40), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)] triggered in vitro by live, heat-killed or lysozyme-treated L. delbrueckii UFV-H2b20 and in vivo by a live preparation. Germ-free, L. delbrueckii-monoassociated and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-resistant C3H/HeJ mice were used as experimental models. UFV-H2b20 induced the production of IL-12 p40 and TNF-alpha by peritoneal cells and IFN-gamma by spleen cells from germ-free or monoassociated Swiss/NIH mice and LPS-hyporesponsive mice (around 40 ng/mL for IL-12 p40, 200 pg/mL for TNF-alpha and 10 ng/mL for IFN-gamma). Heat treatment of L. delbrueckii did not affect the production of these cytokines. Lysozyme treatment decreased IL-12 p40 production by peritoneal cells from C3H/HeJ mice, but did not affect TNF-alpha production by these cells or IFN-gamma production by spleen cells from the same mouse strain. TNF-alpha production by peritoneal cells from Swiss/NIH L. delbrueckii-monoassociated mice was inhibited by lysozyme treatment. When testing IL-12 p40 and IFN-gamma levels in sera from germ-free or monoassociated Swiss/NIH mice systemically challenged with Escherichia coli we observed that IL-12 p40 was produced at marginally higher levels by monoassociated mice than by germ-free mice (40 vs 60 ng/mL), but IFN-gamma was produced earlier and at higher levels by monoassociated mice (monoassociated 4 and 14 ng/mL 4 and 8 h after infection, germfree 0 and 7.5 ng/mL at the same times). These results show that L. delbrueckii UFV-H2b20 stimulates the production of type 1 cytokines in vitro and in vivo, therefore suggesting that L. delbrueckii might have adjuvant properties in infection in which these cytokines play a major role.
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- E Neumann
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Juchum FS, Leal JB, Santos LM, Almeida MP, Ahnert D, Corrêa RX. Evaluation of genetic diversity in a natural rosewood population (Dalbergia nigra Vell. Allemão ex Benth.) using RAPD markers. Genet Mol Res 2007; 6:543-553. [PMID: 17985307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Dalbergia nigra (rosewood) is a long-lived leguminous species, which is endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic forest. Because of the high economic value of its wood, this species has been over-explored in recent years. Currently, rosewood is included in the IUCN Red List as vulnerable. We examined the genetic diversity of 87 specimens of D. nigra sampled from a continuous forest in the Veracel Reserve and Brazilwood Ecological Station, Porto Seguro, Bahia state, with random amplified polymorphic DNA markers. Grouping analyses were done using unweighted pair group method with arithmetic averages. Using the 16 most informative primers, 112 markers were obtained; 39% (44 bands) were polymorphic. A genetic similarity matrix was made based on the polymorphic bands. The dispersion graph and dendrogram analyses showed three distinct sub-populations. The degree of polymorphism was high, near that of other populations of similar species; however, it was considered low for the conservation of this species.
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- F S Juchum
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil.
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Paes-Sousa R, Santos LM, Silva JB, Victora CG. National Immunization Day as a Strategy to Monitor Health and Nutrition Indicators. Epidemiology 2007. [DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000276776.34658.2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Timenetsky J, Santos LM, Buzinhani M, Mettifogo E. Detection of multiple mycoplasma infection in cell cultures by PCR. Braz J Med Biol Res 2007; 39:907-14. [PMID: 16862282 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2006000700009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 04/10/2006] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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A total of 301 cell cultures from 15 laboratories were monitored for mycoplasma (Mollicutes) using PCR and culture methodology. The infection was detected in the cell culture collection of 12 laboratories. PCR for Mollicutes detected these bacteria in 93 (30.9%) samples. Although the infection was confirmed by culture for 69 (22.9%) samples, PCR with generic primers did not detect the infection in five (5.4%). Mycoplasma species were identified with specific primers in 91 (30.2%) of the 98 samples (32.6%) considered to be infected. Mycoplasma hyorhinis was detected in 63.3% of the infected samples, M. arginini in 59.2%, Acholeplasma laidlawii in 20.4%, M. fermentans in 14.3%, M. orale in 11.2%, and M. salivarium in 8.2%. Sixty (61.2%) samples were co-infected with more than one mycoplasma species. M. hyorhinis and M. arginini were the microorganisms most frequently found in combination, having been detected in 30 (30.6%) samples and other associations including up to four species were detected in 30 other samples. Failure of the treatments used to eliminate mycoplasmas from cell cultures might be explained by the occurrence of these multiple infections. The present results indicate that the sharing of non-certified cells among laboratories may disseminate mycoplasma in cell cultures.
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- J Timenetsky
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
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Santos LM, Redaelli LR, Diefenbach LMG, Efrom CFS. Larval and pupal stage of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in sweet and field corn genotypes. BRAZ J BIOL 2003; 63:627-33. [PMID: 15029373 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842003000400009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm, is a very significant polyphagous pest due to the damages it causes, and control difficulties. Lack of information about its impact on sweet corn motivated a comparison of its biology, with respect to the larval and pupal stages, among the genotypes ELISA, BR 400 (sweet corns), and BR PAMPA (field corn). In laboratory conditions (25 ± 1ºC; 70 ± 10% RH; photophase 12 hours), 35 caterpillars were individualized and fed daily with 3.14 cm² sections of corn leaves from the referred-to genotypes, cultivated in plots in the experimental area of the Departament of Fitossanidade, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS from October to November 2000. The caterpillars were weighed daily; after each molt, the cephalic capsules were collected and measured (in width), to establish growth rate; pupae were weighed and sexed when 24 hours old. The duration of the larval instars, the pupal sex ratio, and the mortality of larvae and pupae were evaluated. In the first three instars there were no differences registered in capsule width. In the fourth and fifth instars, capsules of caterpillars kept in BR 400 were smaller. The weight of caterpillars and pupae, instar duration and sex ratio did not differ among the genotypes. Pupal phase duration was less in females kept in BR 400. Mortality was greater in the larval phase in ELISA and in the pupal phase in BR PAMPA.
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- L M Santos
- Departamento de Fitossanidade, Faculdade de Agronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-000, Brazil
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This paper describes a case in which pulp therapy was provided in a fused maxillary primary central incisor in a 4-year-old patient with a history of fistula on the gingival mucosa. The tooth involved was larger than expected, suggesting fusion. The diagnosis of fusion was confirmed on radiographical examination. The clinical management of the case is described and the diagnosis and treatment discussed.
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- L M Santos
- Pediatric Dentistry, Santa Catarina Federal University, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Nonparasitic splenic cysts are uncommon, with only around 800 cases described in the literature. Posttraumatic splenic pseudocysts constitute most such cases and require surgical treatment when symptomatic or voluminous. Recent studies have provided a better understanding of splenic tissue function and the consequent risks of complete resection of the spleen. Hence surgeons should make every possible effort to preserve splenic tissue. Several spleen-conserving surgical treatments have been proposed, especially for treatment of splenic posttraumatic pseudocysts. The authors report the case of a 13-year-old girl who had a posttraumatic splenic cyst with progressive growth. The diameter of the cyst at surgery was 15 cm, and partial splenectomy was performed. The most common spleen-conserving surgical techniques are briefly reviewed.
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- S M Balzan
- Department of Surgery, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre/Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Diaz-Bardales BM, Novaski SM, Goes AE, Castro GM, Mengel J, Santos LM. Modulation of the severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by gammadelta T lymphocytes activated by mycobacterial antigens. Immunol Invest 2001; 30:245-58. [PMID: 11570644 DOI: 10.1081/imm-100105068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Immunity to mycobacterial antigens may contribute to the maintenance of self-tolerance. Exposure of the immune system to mycobacterial antigen might well stimulate the immune system to exert control over unwanted self-reactive clones. We demonstrated that in vivo administration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, PPD, and PPD peptide (180-196) prior to immunization with Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) led to a moderate increase of gammadelta T cells, suppression of the immune response, and reduction in the severity of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. The immunosuppression observed is due, at least in part, to the production of Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) by the gammadelta T lymphocytes.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Antigenic Modulation
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Bacterial/pharmacology
- Cell Division/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Female
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Mycobacterium/immunology
- Myelin Basic Protein/immunology
- Myelin Basic Protein/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/drug effects
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/biosynthesis
- Tuberculin/pharmacology
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- B M Diaz-Bardales
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Santos LM, Vilanova LC, Micheletti C, Mendes CS, Borri ML, Martins AM. Menkes disease: case report of an uncommon presentation with white matter lesions. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2001; 59:125-7. [PMID: 11299447 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2001000100027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Menkes disease is a rare X-linked disorder related to a defect in the copper metabolism. According to the current literature, the most frequent neuroimaging findings are cortical atrophy, chronic subdural effusion or hygroma, and vascular abnormalities. White matter lesions may be present before other features of the disease and may evolve into atrophy. We hereby report a case of Menkes disease with typical history and progression, and an early phase imaging study with important white matter abnormalities, which could have lead to diagnostic difficulties.
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- L M Santos
- Setor de Neurologia Infantil, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
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OBJECTIVE: To review cases of vitamin A deficiency and the effects of vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity and mortality. METHODS: Articles published in scientific journals, technical and scientific books, and also publications by international organizations were used as source of information. RESULTS: Clinical manifestations of xerophthalmia affect the retina (night blindness), the conjunctiva (conjunctival xerosis, with or without Bitot spots), and the cornea (corneal xerosis). Corneal xerosis may lead to corneal ulceration and liquefactive necrosis (keratomalacia). A priori, these signs and symptoms are the best indicators of vitamin A deficiency; they are, however, extremely rare. Laboratory indicators include Conjunctival Impression Cytology and serum retinol concentrations. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of two biological markers in order to characterize vitamin A deficiency in a given population. If only one biological marker is used, this marker has to be backed up by a set of at least four additional risk factors. Corneal xerophthalmia should be treated as a medical emergency; In the event of suspected vitamin A deficiency, a 200,000 IU vitamin A dose should be administered orally, repeating the dose after 24 hours (half the dose for infants younger than one year). Vitamin A supplementation in endemic areas may cause a 23 to 30% reduction in the mortality rate of children aged between 6 months and five years, and attenuate the severity of diarrhea. The methods for the control of vitamin A deficiency are available in the short (supplementation with megadoses), medium (food fortification), and long run (diet diversification). CONCLUSION: There is evidence of vitamin A deficiency among Brazilian children. Pediatricians must be aware of the signs and symptoms of this disease, however sporadic they might be. It is of paramount importance that vitamin A be included in public policy plans so that we can ensure the survival of children.
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- A da S Diniz
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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da Costa P, Yasuda CL, Scagliusi SM, Diaz-Bardales BM, Maciel E, Damasceno BP, Blotta MH, Tilbery CP, Santos LM. Pattern of cytokine secretion by peripheral blood cells of patients with multiple sclerosis in Brazil. Mult Scler 2000; 6:293-9. [PMID: 11064437 DOI: 10.1177/135245850000600501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Autoimmune T cells play a key role as regulators and effectors of organ-specific autoimmune disease. In multiple sclerosis (MS), activated T cells specific for myelin components produce a plethora of inflammatory cytokines and mediators that contribute to myelin damage. The production of proinflammatory and regulatory cytokines by peripheral blood cells from patients with active and stable MS and healthy controls were examined. The results show that TNF alpha production was somewhat elevated in active MS with no significant increase in the level IFN gamma, whereas in the chronic phase the anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10 and TGF beta increased, accompanied by a reduction in IFN gamma when stimulated by myelin basic protein. Multiple Sclerosis (2000) 6 293 - 299
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- P da Costa
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
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Queiroz ML, Quadros MR, Santos LM. Cytokine profile and natural killer cell activity in Listeria monocytogenes infected mice treated orally with Petiveria alliacea extract. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2000; 22:501-18. [PMID: 10946828 DOI: 10.3109/08923970009026008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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In this work, we investigated the effects of Petiveria alliacea extract on the production of Th1-type and Th2-type cytokines and on NK cells activity in normal and Listeria monocytogenes infected mice. Our results demonstrated that in normal/non-infected mice P. alliacea administration led to increased levels of Interleukin-2 (IL-2). The infection alone enhanced INF-gamma levels and NK cell activity at 48 and 72 hours of infection. The treatment with five consecutive doses of 1000 mg/kg/day of P. alliacea extract, given previously to infection, led to further increases in IL-2 levels, in relation to normal/non-infected/P. alliacea treated controls, and in INF-gamma levels at 72 h of infection, compared to infected mice. On the other hand, the production of IL-4 and IL-10 were not altered either by the infection or by the treatment with P. alliacea extract. NK cells activity increased at 48 h and 72 h following the inoculation of the bacteria. When mice were treated with P. alliacea previously to infection, NK activity was higher than that observed at 48 h, 72 h and 120 h of infection in the infected animal. Based on these findings we suggest that P. alliacea up-regulates anti-bacterial immune response by enhancing both Th1 function and the activity of NK cells.
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- M L Queiroz
- Departmento de Farmacologia/Hemocentro, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Garcia CA, Oliveira EC, Sakurada JK, Santos LM. Protective immunity induced by a Trypanosoma cruzi soluble extract antigen in experimental Chagas' disease. Role of interferon gamma. Immunol Invest 2000; 29:1-12. [PMID: 10709842 DOI: 10.3109/08820130009105140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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CBA/J mice can be protected against lethal infection with Trypanosoma cruzi by treatment using T. cruzi soluble extract antigen (TCSE). In vivo administration of TCSE (400 microg/mouse) into naive mice increased the cellular proliferative response to Con A and elevated the levels of IFN-gamma. The production of IFN-gamma was extremely important in controlling the replication of the parasite since the protective activity of TCSE was completely abrogated by in vivo treatment with an anti IFN-gamma neutralizing antibody. These results suggest that depending on the level, cytokine production results in the control of replication of the parasite in experimental Chagas' disease.
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- C A Garcia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Campinas--UNICAMP, SP, Brazil
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Assis AM, Santos LM, Prado MS, Martins MC, Barreto ML. [Tolerance to administration of massive doses of vitamin A associated to mass immunization of children in Northeast Brazil]. CAD SAUDE PUBLICA 2000; 16:51-7. [PMID: 10738150 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2000000100006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A follow-up study was carried out in two localities in the semi-arid region of the State of Bahia, Northeast Brazil, with the aim of identifying the occurrence and nature of possible acute side effects subsequent to vitamin A megadose supplement given together with mass immunization in children 6-59 months old. The sample consisted of 852 children, 416 from the county of Teofilandia who received vitamin A together with vaccines and 436 from Santa Barbara, who received only vaccine. In the 24 hours before immunization, children from both groups had similar incidences of diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Anorexia was more prevalent in Teofilandia and remained so throughout the study period. The results suggest that acute side effects like diarrhea, vomiting, fever, or anorexia were not associated with the vitamin A dosage given with mass OPV, DPT, and measles immunization.
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- A M Assis
- Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Araújo Pinho 32, Canela, Salvador, BA 40110-170, Brasil.
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Yasuda CL, Al-Sabbagh A, Oliveira EC, Diaz-Bardales BM, Garcia AA, Santos LM. Interferon beta modulates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by altering the pattern of cytokine secretion. Immunol Invest 1999; 28:115-26. [PMID: 10484677 DOI: 10.3109/08820139909061141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The mechanism of action underlying the beneficial effect of IFNbeta in Multiple Sclerosis is poorly understood. Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the experimental model for Multiple Sclerosis; therefore, we investigated the effects of recombinant mouse IFNbeta on the severity of EAE induced in SJL mice and on cytokine production by Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes. The results indicated that rmIFN beta reduced the disease activity with an I.P. dosage of 10,000 U/day every other day, and successfully treated EAE mice revealed reduced amounts of IFN gamma; no changes in the levels of IL4 were observed, although thera was a significant increase in IL10 and TGFbeta production. Beneficial effects on EAE are associated with inhibition of inflammatory cytokines and stimulation of anti-inflammatory cytokines.
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- C L Yasuda
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Campinas--UNICAMP, SP, Brazil
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Al-Sabbagh A, Garcia CA, Diaz-Bardales BM, Zaccarias C, Sakurada JK, Santos LM. Evidence for cross-reactivity between antigen derived from Trypanosoma cruzi and myelin basic protein in experimental Chagas disease. Exp Parasitol 1998; 89:304-11. [PMID: 9676708 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1998.4279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Some autoimmune diseases are thought to arise after an infection. Infectious agents can initiate a chronic inflammatory response associated with autoimmune reactions. Chagas disease, caused by the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is an excellent model for autoimmune disease induced by an infection. The chronic disease is characterized by rich inflammatory infiltrate in myocardial and nervous tissues, with virtually no demonstrable parasites. We were able to demonstrate the presence of antibody to myelin basic protein (MBP) in the serum from T. cruzi chronically infected mice. Lymphocytes from mice immunized with T. cruzi-derived soluble extract antigen (TCSE) proliferate in response to MBP in vitro. Lymphocytes from animals immunized with MBP also were activated by TCSE in vitro. By studying the overlapping peptides from the MBP molecule, we were able to identify two regions responsible for the cross-reactivity.
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Morris SS, Santos CA, Barreto ML, Cousens SN, Strina A, Santos LM, Assis AM. Measuring the burden of common morbidities: sampling disease experience versus continuous surveillance. Am J Epidemiol 1998; 147:1087-92. [PMID: 9620053 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Longitudinal prevalence, the proportion of all days of observation that a given individual manifests symptoms of illness, is a measure of disease frequency that is easy to generate from daily morbidity data and has been shown to be strongly related to subsequent health outcome. It is hypothesized that this measure could be derived using a representative sample of days of observation rather than continuous surveillance. The authors use 1990-1991 data from a Brazilian supplementation trial comprising a year's daily records of the occurrence of diarrhea, fever, and cough in 906 children under 5 years of age to examine how many days of morbidity data need to be observed to rank subjects into quintiles of illness frequency. Systematic samples of the full data set, based on every 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, and 30th day of data, are compared with the continuous record. For diarrhea and fever, estimates based on less than 72 days of observation result in over one fourth of individuals who should have been in the extreme quintiles of the morbidity distribution being misclassified, and over one fifth of all subjects appear (falsely) to suffer no morbidity. Estimates of longitudinal prevalence should be based on at least 72 days of observation.
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- S S Morris
- Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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OBJECTIVE: The authors report a case of Krabbe disease.METHODS: The authors report a case of patient with motor deterioration and irritability in first months of life being suspected and confirmed the hypothesis of Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy through the subsidiary exams and enzymatic dosage.RESULTS: The case presented signs and symptoms compatible with the early onset type of Krabbe Disease, being confirmed by dosage of the enzyme galactosylceramide beta galactosidase in fibroblasts culture.CONCLUSIONS: The Krabbe Disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder and the suspicion many times dońt arrive to be lifted up, not arriving to the specialist for diagnostic. In spite of there not being specific treatment, the genetic orientation is necessary.
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- L C Vilanova
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Santos LM, Batista Filho M, Diniz AD. [Epidemiology of vitamin A deficiency in northeastern Brazil]. Bol Oficina Sanit Panam 1996; 120:525-37. [PMID: 8754665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- L M Santos
- Universidade Federal de Bahia (UFBa), Escola de Nutricão, Bahia, Brasil
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Santos LM, Assis AM, Martins MC, Araújo MP, Morris SS, Barreto ML. [Nutritional status of pre-school children of the semi-arid region of Bahia (Brazil): II--Vitamin A deficiency]. Rev Saude Publica 1996; 30:67-74. [PMID: 9008924 DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101996000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A survey of 754 preschool children was undertaken in the urban areas of seven small towns of the semi-arid region of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil, to determine the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency, as well as its association with variables such as a age, family income, mother's schooling and dietary adequacy in vitamin A. Protein energy malnutrition and anemia were also studied and are reported separately. The clinical ophthalmological examination did not reveal any signs or symptoms of xerophthalmia amongst these children. In 563 children serum retinol was determined and the average value found was 20.3 micrograms/dl (SD = 10.8 micrograms/dl); the prevalence of deficient serum retinol (below 10.0 micrograms/dl) was of 15.3%. In all 7 localities studied, the prevalence of deficient retinol levels was above 5.0%, the criterion recommended by WHO for considering it a Public Health Problem. The distribution of serum retinol was similar between the sexes, but there was an age trend: the prevalence of deficient and low levels decreased with age. There was no association between deficient serum retinol and family income per capita or mother's education. Results from the 24 h food consumption survey revealed that only 8% of children had an adequate intake of vitamin A through the diet; 66% received less than 1/2 and 35% less than 1/4 of the recommended daily intake of vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency should be considered a Public Health Problem in the region due to the high prevalence of deficient levels of serum retinol as well as the large dietary inadequacy.
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- L M Santos
- Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA-Brasil.
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Pereira ME, Santos LM, Araújo MS, Brener Z. Recrudescence induced by cyclophosphamide of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection in mice is influenced by the parasite strain. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1996; 91:71-4. [PMID: 8734951 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761996000100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Reactivation of chronic chagasic patients may occur upon use of immunosuppressive drugs related to kidney or heart transplantation or when they are affected by concomitant HIV infection. This recrudescence, however, does not occur in all chagasic patients exposed to immunosuppressive agents. We therefore investigated the influence of Trypanosoma cruzi strains in the recrudescence of the parasitism in mice at the chronic phase treated with cyclophosphamide, an immunosuppressor that blocks lymphocytes DNA synthesis and therefore controls B cells response. A large variation was detected in the percentages of newly established acute phases in the groups of mice inoculated with the different strains. We suggest that reactivation of chronic T. cruzi infections is influenced by the parasite intrinsic characteristics, a phenomenon that might occur in the human disease.
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- M E Pereira
- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Santos LM, Marlúcia O Assis A, Baqueiro CM, Quaglia GM, Morris SS, Barreto ML. [Nutritional and feeding status of preschool children in the semi-arid region of Bahia (Brazil): I. Anthropometric assessment]. Rev Saude Publica 1995; 29:463-71. [PMID: 8734971 DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101995000600007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A survey of 754 preschool children was undertaken in the urban areas of seven small towns of the semi-arid region of Bahia, Northeast Brazil. The study set out to determine the prevalence of weight and height deficits, as well as to correlate them with variables such as age, family income, mother's schooling and food consumption. A prevalence of 22.9% of Height for Age (HA) below -2.0 SD was found (stunting) and prevalence of 19.1% and 3.6% were determined, respectively for Weight for Age (WA) and Weight for Height (WH) below -2.0 SD (wasting). Regarding food consumption, only 6.8% of the children received a diet with an adequate energy supply for their age group in the previous day. There was a close association between inadequate HA and WA and family income per capita (p = 0.001 and p = 0.000, respectively). Children from families with income < 1/4 of the minimum wage per capita had twice the chance of being malnourished as compared with those from the > or = 1/2 minimum wage per capita stratum. The children included in this study showed prevalences of inadequate WH and WA significantly higher than those found in a national survey conducted in the same period (p = 0.047 and p = 0.000 respectively). This fact is surprising since in the last decade important reductions in child malnutrition and mortality were reported in the country as a whole; this may indicate that children from this region probably were not benefitted in the same way as the rest of the Brazilian child population.
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- L M Santos
- Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil.
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Daher S, Santos LM, Solé D, De Lima MG, Naspitz CK, Musatti CC. Interleukin-4 and soluble CD23 serum levels in asthmatic atopic children. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 1995; 5:251-4. [PMID: 8574430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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IL-4 is an essential mediator of IgE synthesis; it also upregulates the expression of the low affinity receptor for IgE (CD23) and its release in soluble form (sCD23). The involvement of IL-4 and sCD23 on the IgE synthesis control has been observed in experimental studies. IL-4 and sCD23 serum levels in asthmatic atopic children were determined in order to investigate a possible correlation between these factors and IgE levels. IL-4, total sCD23 and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus specific IgE were determined in the serum of 19 asthmatic atopic children (aged 7 to 14) and in 13 age-matched controls. Since sCD23 may present an age-dependent variation, sCD23 and IL-4 serum levels were evaluated in 20 "wheezy babies." IL-4 serum levels were significantly higher in patients as compared to controls, whereas there was no significant difference between them concerning sCD23 levels. sCD23 levels were, however, significantly higher among "wheezy babies" as compared to atopic and nonatopic children. There was no correlation between IL-4 and sCD23 serum levels, nor between any of these factors and IgE levels in all groups. In conclusion, the enhanced IL-4 levels suggest that atopic patients have a preferential activation of Th2 subset. CD23 expression is markedly influenced by age.
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- S Daher
- Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
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Alves TM, Chaves PP, Santos LM, Nagem TJ, Murta SM, Ceravolo IP, Romanha AJ, Zani CL. A diterpene from Mikania obtusata active on Trypanosoma cruzi. Planta Med 1995; 61:85-87. [PMID: 7701002 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The diterpene ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid (1) was identified as the trypanocidal component of the ethanolic extract from Mikania obtusata D. C. (Asteraceae). This compound presents an IC50 of 0.5 mg/ml (1.66 mM) against the trypomastigote blood form of the Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis).
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al-Sabbagh A, Miller A, Santos LM, Weiner HL. Antigen-driven tissue-specific suppression following oral tolerance: orally administered myelin basic protein suppresses proteolipid protein-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in the SJL mouse. Eur J Immunol 1994; 24:2104-9. [PMID: 7522160 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830240926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Immunomodulatory treatment paradigms have been applied to animal models of T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases in an attempt to develop an immunospecific and non-toxic form of therapy which can be applied to humans. These treatment paradigms are often directed to T cells with a restricted T cell receptor repertoire or that react with dominant peptide determinants. Experimental data, however, suggests that even if the initial T cell response is restricted to a specific self-protein in the target organ, spreading autoimmunity may develop with broadening of T cell autoreactivity to additional epitopes of the same autoantigen or to different autoantigens in the target organ. Thus, multiple autoantigens may become targets of the autoimmune response. This makes immunotherapeutic strategies based on suppressing responses to restricted proteins or clones of cells problematic. We have previously shown that suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) in the Lewis rat by oral myelin basic protein (MBP) is mediated by the release of transforming growth factor-beta after triggering by the oral tolerogen. Here, we report that in the SJL model of EAE oral administration of an autoantigen from the target tissue suppresses disease independent of whether it is or is not the inciting antigen. Thus, orally administered MBP or MBP peptides suppress proteolipid protein (PLP)-induced EAE, whereas intravenously administered MBP does not. Both oral and intravenous PLP, however, suppressed PLP disease. These findings have important implications for the use of oral tolerance as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of T cell-mediated inflammatory autoimmune diseases in man in which the inciting autoantigen is unknown or in which there is autoreactivity to multiple autoantigens in the target tissue.
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- A al-Sabbagh
- Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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Santos LM, al-Sabbagh A, Londono A, Weiner HL. Oral tolerance to myelin basic protein induces regulatory TGF-beta-secreting T cells in Peyer's patches of SJL mice. Cell Immunol 1994; 157:439-47. [PMID: 7520838 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.1994.1240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Oral administration of myelin basic protein (MBP) is an effective means of suppressing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). In the Lewis rat model, we have previously shown that this effect is mediated by active suppression as T lymphocytes from animals orally tolerized to MBP suppress in vitro immune responses and in vivo adoptively transfer disease protection to naive recipients. This effect is mediated by the cytokine TGF-beta which is secreted by T cells from orally tolerized animals after being triggered by the oral tolerogen. In the present study we investigated Peyer's patches in SJL mice following orally administered MBP. Peyer's patches are one of the major lymphoid structures of gut-associated lymphoid tissue, and a site thought to play an important role in the induction of oral tolerance. Twenty-four hours after one feeding of 1 mg of MBP, there were no proliferative responses to MBP in Peyer's patches. However, when Peyer's patches from MBP-fed animals were stimulated with IL-2 in the presence of MBP, reduced proliferation to IL-2 was observed, and this inhibition was reversed with anti-TGF-beta antibody. Suppression of IL-2-induced proliferation by MBP was not observed in unfed animals or if Peyer's patches from MBP-fed animals were stimulated with a control antigen (ovalbumin). Stimulation of Peyer's patches T cells from MBP-fed animals with MBP resulted in secretion of TGF-beta in a dose-related fashion with less TGF-beta secretion at higher doses. Furthermore, cells from Peyer's patches of animals fed MBP adoptively transferred protection to actively induced EAE. Thus, MBP-specific TGF-beta-secreting regulatory cells recovered from Peyer's patches after a single oral administration of MBP are not evident as measured by proliferation, but are capable of suppressing in vitro and in vivo cell-mediated immune responses. Peyer's patches appear to be an important site for the induction of cells which mediate the active suppression component of oral tolerance.
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- L M Santos
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Barreto ML, Santos LM, Assis AM, Araújo MP, Farenzena GG, Santos PA, Fiaccone RL. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower-respiratory-tract infections in young children in Brazil. Lancet 1994; 344:228-31. [PMID: 7913157 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)92998-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A beneficial effect of periodic vitamin A supplementation on childhood mortality has been demonstrated, but the effect on morbidity is less clear. We investigated the effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute lower-respiratory-tract infections (ALRI) in children from northeastern Brazil in a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled community trial. 1240 children aged 6-48 months were assigned vitamin A or placebo every 4 months for 1 year. They were followed up at home three times a week, and data about the occurrence and severity of diarrhoea and ALRI were collected. Any child with cough and respiratory rate above 40 breaths per min was visited by a paediatrician. The overall incidence of diarrhoea episodes was significantly lower in the vitamin-A-supplemented group than in the placebo group (18.42 vs 19.58 x 10(-3) child-days; rate ratio 0.94 [95% Cl 0.90-0.98]). The benefit of supplementation was greater as regards severe episodes of diarrhoea; the incidence was 20% lower in the vitamin A group than in the placebo group (rate ratio 0.80 [0.65-0.98]). With the standard definition of diarrhoea (> or = 3 liquid or semi-liquid stools in 24 h) the effect of vitamin A on mean daily prevalence did not reach significance, but as the definition of diarrhoea was made more stringent (increasing number of stools per day), a significant benefit became apparent, reaching for diarrhoea with 6 or more liquid or semi-liquid stools in 24 h a 23% lower prevalence. We found no effect of vitamin A supplementation on the incidence of ALRI. The reduction in severity of diarrhoea may be the most important factor in the lowering of mortality by vitamin A supplementation.
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- M L Barreto
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Federal University of Bahla, Brazil
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Miller A, al-Sabbagh A, Santos LM, Das MP, Weiner HL. Epitopes of myelin basic protein that trigger TGF-beta release after oral tolerization are distinct from encephalitogenic epitopes and mediate epitope-driven bystander suppression. J Immunol 1993; 151:7307-15. [PMID: 7505026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We have been studying the suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in the Lewis rat after oral administration of myelin basic protein (MBP). Suppression is mediated by CD8+ T cells that adoptively transfer protection and suppress immune responses in vitro. This suppression is mediated by secretion of TGF-beta following triggering by the fed antigen. In the present study, we tested the ability of overlapping 20 amino acid peptides from MBP to trigger suppression mediated by spleen cells from Lewis rats orally tolerized to MBP. Using a transwell system, we found that spleen cells from MBP orally tolerized animals stimulated by residues 21-40, 51-70 and 101-120 of MBP suppress proliferative responses of an ovalbumin specific cell line. This suppression correlated with secretion of TGF-beta by cells stimulated with the peptide. In addition, T cells from animals fed the tolerogenic peptide 21-40 alone secreted TGF-beta whereas no TGF-beta release or in vitro suppression was observed in animals fed the MBP encephalitogenic determinant 71-90. The 71-90 peptide triggered proliferation of MBP primed cells from animals immunized with MBP/CFA whereas the suppressor epitopes identified above did not. Furthermore, oral administration of peptide 21-40 suppressed disease induced by peptide 71-90. DTH responses to 71-90 were not affected by oral administration of peptide 21-40 whereas DTH responses to whole MBP were suppressed. These results demonstrate that distinct suppressor determinants exist on MBP which are separate from encephalitogenic determinants, and that epitope-driven bystander suppression plays an important role in down-regulation of tissue specific autoimmune processes following oral tolerization. These findings have important implications for the design of tissue specific targeted immunotherapy by oral tolerization in humans.
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- A Miller
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Miller A, al-Sabbagh A, Santos LM, Das MP, Weiner HL. Epitopes of myelin basic protein that trigger TGF-beta release after oral tolerization are distinct from encephalitogenic epitopes and mediate epitope-driven bystander suppression. The Journal of Immunology 1993. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.151.12.7307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have been studying the suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in the Lewis rat after oral administration of myelin basic protein (MBP). Suppression is mediated by CD8+ T cells that adoptively transfer protection and suppress immune responses in vitro. This suppression is mediated by secretion of TGF-beta following triggering by the fed antigen. In the present study, we tested the ability of overlapping 20 amino acid peptides from MBP to trigger suppression mediated by spleen cells from Lewis rats orally tolerized to MBP. Using a transwell system, we found that spleen cells from MBP orally tolerized animals stimulated by residues 21-40, 51-70 and 101-120 of MBP suppress proliferative responses of an ovalbumin specific cell line. This suppression correlated with secretion of TGF-beta by cells stimulated with the peptide. In addition, T cells from animals fed the tolerogenic peptide 21-40 alone secreted TGF-beta whereas no TGF-beta release or in vitro suppression was observed in animals fed the MBP encephalitogenic determinant 71-90. The 71-90 peptide triggered proliferation of MBP primed cells from animals immunized with MBP/CFA whereas the suppressor epitopes identified above did not. Furthermore, oral administration of peptide 21-40 suppressed disease induced by peptide 71-90. DTH responses to 71-90 were not affected by oral administration of peptide 21-40 whereas DTH responses to whole MBP were suppressed. These results demonstrate that distinct suppressor determinants exist on MBP which are separate from encephalitogenic determinants, and that epitope-driven bystander suppression plays an important role in down-regulation of tissue specific autoimmune processes following oral tolerization. These findings have important implications for the design of tissue specific targeted immunotherapy by oral tolerization in humans.
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- A Miller
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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Brener Z, Cançado JR, Galvão LM, da Luz ZM, Filardi LDS, Pereira ME, Santos LM, Cançado CB. An experimental and clinical assay with ketoconazole in the treatment of Chagas disease. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1993; 88:149-53. [PMID: 8246750 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761993000100023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Ketoconazole, an azole antifungic drug which is already in the market has also been demonstrated to be active against Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infections. In this paper we confirmed the drug effect and investigated its range of activity against different T. cruzi strains naturally resistant or susceptible to both standard drugs Nifurtimox and Benznidazole used clinically in Chagas disease. Moreover, we have shown that the association of Ketoconazole plus Lovastatin (an inhibitor of sterol synthesis), which has an antiproliferative effect against T. cruzi in vitro, failed to enhance the suppressive effect of Ketoconazole displayed when administered alone to infected mice. Finally, administration in chronic chagasic patients of Ketoconazole at doses used in the treatment of deep mycosis also failed to induce cure as demonstrated by parasitological and serological tests. The strategy of identify and test drugs which are already in the market and fortuitously are active against T. cruzi has been discussed.
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- Z Brener
- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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Cytochemical techniques associated with transmission electron microscopy were used for the localization in Tritrichomonas foetus of enzymes used as markers of different cell structures. Reaction product indicating the presence of Mg(2+)-adenosine triphosphatase (Mg(2+)-ATPase) and 5'-nucleotidase was observed in the plasma membrane. Glucose-6-phosphatase was seen in association with the endoplasmic reticulum, revealing its organization as parallel cisternae. Thiamino-pyrophosphatase was located in the cis-most region of the Golgi complex. Acid phosphatase was found within lysosomes as well as in several cisternae of the Golgi complex, in contrast to previous observations in mammalian cells. These observations provide support for the use of enzyme markers in future studies on cell fractionation of T. foetus.
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- R C Queiroz
- Departamento de Parasitologia e Biofísica Celular, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ, Brazil
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Santos LM, Lider O, Audette J, Khoury SJ, Weiner HL. Characterization of immunomodulatory properties and accessory cell function of small intestinal epithelial cells. Cell Immunol 1990; 127:26-34. [PMID: 1690608 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(90)90111-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have studied the immunomodulatory properties of epithelial cells from the small intestine on T cell immune function in vitro. Proliferation of lymph node cells stimulated either with antigen or with mitogen was inhibited by epithelial cells in a dose-dependent fashion. The epithelial cell-mediated suppression of lymphocyte proliferation was blocked by indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase pathway inhibitor, demonstrating that the suppressive effect of epithelial cells was related to prostaglandin secretion. Furthermore, the action of epithelial cell-secreted prostaglandin on lymphocytes was related to its effect on IL-2 as the suppressive effect of epithelial cells was abrogated by the addition of exogenous IL-2. As previously reported, epithelial cells constitutively express MHC class II and we found them able to present antigen in a class II-restricted fashion when their suppressive effects were blocked by indomethacin. Furthermore, epithelial cells activated by LPS secrete an IL-1 like molecule in a fashion analogous to other antigen-presenting cells. These results demonstrate that epithelial cells can both enhance and suppress in vitro T cell immune responses and further characterize the mechanisms by which intestinal epithelial cells may function in gut-associated immune responses.
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- L M Santos
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Mariath JG, Lima MC, Santos LM. Vitamin A activity of buriti (Mauritia vinifera Mart) and its effectiveness in the treatment and prevention of xerophthalmia. Am J Clin Nutr 1989; 49:849-53. [PMID: 2718919 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/49.5.849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The fruit of buriti, a palm tree that grows wild in some regions of Brazil, contains beta-carotene in its oily fraction in a concentration 10 times higher than that of red-palm oil. The effectiveness of buriti sweet in the treatment and prevention of xerophthalmia was tested in 44 children aged 43-144 mo through daily supplementation with an amount corresponding to 134 micrograms retinol equivalent over 20 d. The results demonstrated that this natural food source of vitamin A can reverse clinical xerophthalmia and restore liver reserves of the vitamin, suggesting its possible utilization in intervention programs to combat vitamin A deficiency in countries where the fruit is available or has the potential for cultivation.
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- J G Mariath
- Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil
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