173 resultados para EBV
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Pós-graduação em Genética e Melhoramento Animal - FCAV
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) are consistently associated with lymphoproliferative diseases and cancers in humans, notably in patients with HIV. Our aim was to evaluate whether EBV and/or KSHV viral loads regularly assessed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) correlate with clinical or laboratorial parameters retrieved for patients living with HIV. This was a longitudinal study with a cohort of 157 HIV positive patients attending an academic HIV outpatient clinic in São Paulo State, Brazil. For each patient, up to four blood samples were collected over a 1 year clinical follow-up: on enrolment into the study, and after 4, 8 and 12 months. Total DNA was extracted from PBMC, and EBV and KSHV viral loads were assessed by real time quantitative PCR. Higher viral loads for EBV were significantly associated with high HIV viraemia, a greater number of circulating T CD8+ cells and lack of virological response to the antiretroviral treatment. KSHV viral load was undetectable in virtually all samples. EBV viral load in PBMC correlated with the number of circulating T CD8+ lymphocytes and the response to the antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients. In contrast, KSHV was undetectable in PBMC, presumably an effect of the antiretroviral treatment. Therefore, either KSHV infection in the population studied was absent or viral load in PBMC was beyond the analytical limit of the assay.
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Pós-graduação em Patologia - FMB
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Introduction: the squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the head and neck cancer of higher occurrence, representing about 90% of all these tumors. The SCC has several risk factors as smoking, alcohol and some oncogenic viruses, including the Epstein Barr virus (EBV). The EBV is a member of Herpesviridae family and has tropism for B lymphocytes and also for epithelial cells. Aim: the aim of this study was accomplish a review of the literature about the presence of the EBV in oral carcinomas. Conclusion: EBV is closely related to nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a SCC of high incidence in Southeast Asia, however its role in others oral SCC has not been proved.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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BACKGROUND: In Brazil little is known about adverse reactions during donation and the donor characteristics that may be associated with such events. Donors are offered snacks and fluids before donating and are required to consume a light meal after donation. For these reasons the frequency of reactions may be different than those observed in other countries. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted of eligible whole blood donors at three large blood centers located in Brazil between July 2007 and December 2009. Vasovagal reactions (VVRs) along with donor demographic and biometric data were collected. Reactions were defined as any presyncopal or syncopal event during the donation process. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify predictors of VVRs. RESULTS: Of 724,861 donor presentations, 16,129 (2.2%) VVRs were recorded. Rates varied substantially between the three centers: 53, 290, and 381 per 10,000 donations in Recife, Sao Paulo, and Belo Horizonte, respectively. Although the reaction rates varied, the donor characteristics associated with VVRs were similar (younger age [18-29 years], replacement donors, first-time donors, low estimated blood volume [EBV]). In multivariable analysis controlling for differences between the donor populations in each city younger age, first-time donor status, and lower EBV were the factors most associated with reactions. CONCLUSION: Factors associated with VVRs in other locations are also evident in Brazil. The difference in VVR rates between the three centers might be due to different procedures for identifying and reporting the reactions. Potential interventions to reduce the risk of reactions in Brazil should be considered.
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Objective: Pulmonary fissures completeness predicts efficacy in endobronchial valves (EBV) implantation, a new lobar volume reduction therapy for severe emphysematous patients. We assessed the incidence of incomplete fissures and the interobserver agreement in its evaluation with MDCT, in severe emphysematous patients prior to EBV implantation. Materials and Methods: Volumetric thin-section CT scans of 35 patients (CODP GOLD 3/4, heterogeneous emphysema) were retrospectively reviewed by 2 pneumologists, 1 general and 2 experienced chest radiologists, independently and blinded for treatment outcome, and the pulmonary fissures were classified as either complete or incomplete. Interobserver agreement was assessed with Kappa index (KI). Results: Agreement between all readers for the left oblique, right oblique and horizontal fissure was, respectively, moderate (KI = 0.53), fair (KI = 0.37) and moderate (KI = 0.42). Highest agreement (99/105 fissures) was observed among experienced radiologists, being for left oblique, right oblique and horizontal, respectively, almost perfect (KI = 0.79), perfect (KI = 1.0) and moderate (KI = 0.52). These 2 reviewers found that all of 35 patients had at least one incomplete fissure, with a proportion of incomplete fissures assigned as 74/65%, 85/85% and 91/88%, respectively for the left oblique, right oblique and horizontal fissures. Conclusions: Pneumologists and radiologists agreed fairly to moderately in fissures analysis, while the experienced chest radiologists reached the highest clinically adequate agreement of 94%. We believe that clinical routine visual analysis of the fissures integrity can be done with a good degree of confidence in MDCT images, and experienced readers might be required. Also, a higher than expected incidence of incomplete fissures was described in our studied population. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with a large spectrum of lymphoproliferative diseases. Traditional methods of EBV detection include the immunohistochemical identification of viral proteins and DNA probes to the viral genome in tumoral tissue. The present study explored the detection of the EBV genome, using the BALF5 gene, in the bone marrow or blood mononuclear cells of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) and related its presence to the clinical variables and risk factors. The results show that EBV detection in 21.5% of patients is not associated with age, gender, staging, B symptoms, international prognostic index scores or any analytical parameters, including lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) or beta-2 microglobulin (B2M). The majority of patients were treated with R-CHOP-like (rituximab. cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone or an equivalent combination) and some with CHOP-like chemotherapy. Response rates [complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)] were not significantly different between EBV-negative and -positive cases, with 93.2 and 88.9%, respectively. The survival rate was also similar in the two groups, with 5-year overall survival (OS) rates of 64.3 and 76.7%, respectively. However, when analyzing the treatment groups separately there was a trend in EBV-positive patients for a worse prognosis in patients treated with CHOP-like regimens that was not identified in patients treated with R-CHOP-like regimens. We conclude that EBV detection in the bone marrow and blood mononuclear cells of DLBC patients has the same frequency of EBV detection on tumoral lymphoma tissue but is not associated with the risk factors, response rate and survival in patients treated mainly with immunochemotherapy plus rituximab. These results also suggest that the addition of rituximab to chemotherapy improves the prognosis associated with EBV detection in DLBCL.
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Periodontitis comprises a group of multifactorial diseases in which periodontopathogens accumulate in dental plaque and trigger host chronic inflammatory and immune responses against periodontal structures, which are determinant to the disease outcome. Although unusual cases of non-inflammatory destructive periodontal disease (NIDPD) are described, their pathogenesis remains unknown. A unique NIDPD case was investigated by clinical, microbiological, immunological and genetic tools. The patient, a non-smoking dental surgeon with excessive oral hygiene practice, presented a generalized bone resorption and tooth mobility, but not gingival inflammation or occlusion problems. No hematological, immunological or endocrine alterations were found. No periodontopathogens (A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis, F. nucleatum and T. denticola) or viruses (HCMV, EBV-1 and HSV-1) were detected, along with levels of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha in GCF compatible with healthy tissues. Conversely ALP, ACP and RANKL GCF levels were similar to diseased periodontal sites. Genetic investigation demonstrated that the patient carried some SNPs, as well HLA-DR4 (*0404) and HLA-B27 alleles, considered risk factors for bone loss. Then, a less vigorous and diminished frequency of toothbrushing was recommended to the patient, resulting in the arrest of alveolar bone loss, associated with the return of ALP, ACP and RANKL in GCF to normality levels. In conclusion, the unusual case presented here is compatible with the previous description of NIDPD, and the results that a possible combination of excessive force and frequency of mechanical stimulation with a potentially bone loss prone genotype could result in the alveolar bone loss seen in NIDPD.
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Primary lung lymphoma is a rare entity accounting for approximately 0.3% of all primary neoplasia of the lung and includes diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBL) and lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG). Considering that clinical features may be similar, whereas epidemiology, morphology, and radiological features are different, the authors report a case of a middle-aged man who presented multiple pulmonary nodules in the lower lobes and groundglass opacities scattered bilaterally on computed tomography. Clinically, he presented a consumptive syndrome with respiratory failure and pleurisy, which progressed until death. The autopsy findings were consistent with lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) grade 3/ diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBL). The authors call attention to the difficulty of establishing an accurate diagnosis, mainly when the demonstration of EBV-infected atypical B-cells fails.
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Fifty-two cases of monomorphic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (M-PTLD), developed in patients undergone solid organ or bone marrow transplantation, were studied by the application of the tissue micro-array (TMA) technology. They included 50 cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) and 2 Burkitt lymphomas (BL). In order to evaluate the immune-profile a large panel of antibodies was applied including several new markers (Cyclin D2, Cyclin D3, p27, PKC-β, FOXP-1 and Survivin) identified as negative prognostic factors in DLBCL of the immunocompetent patient. Out of 50 DLBCL, 23 cases (46%) had an Activated B Cell (ABC) phenotype, 8 (16%) a Germinal Centre B-cell (GCB) phenotype, and 11 (22%) an Unclassified (UC) phenotype. In 8 cases (16%) the subtype was not demonstrable due to sub-optimal preservation or loss of the tissue core. FISH analysis detected BCL2 gene amplification and MYC rearrangement. EBV was identified in 32 cases (64%) performing immunohistochemistry (LMP-1) and in situ hybridization (EBER). Clinical data and follow-up were available in all cases of malignant lymphomas but one. Thirty-two patients died for progression of disease or complications related to transplant (bleeding, bacterial infections, and multi-organ failure); 17 patients are actually alive and disease-free. M-PTLD are aggressive lymphomas characterized by very poor outcome. The neoplastic process is stimulated by a prolonged immunosuppressive status which is capable to induce alterations of the immune system and allow EBV reactivation in previously infected patients. Indeed EBV infection seems to be the most significant risk factor to predict the development of a PTLD while age, sex, site of involvement and type of transplant do not have significant correlation. Furthermore DLBCL arisen in a setting of immunodeficiency share phenotypic and molecular features with DLBCL of the immunocompetent patient. In particular, the former shows a high incidence of BCL2 gene amplification and this aberration typically correlates with “non-GCB” phenotype. Also M-PTLD do express prognostic markers (PKC-β, cyclin D2, FOXP-1, and Survivin): notably, in our study, PKC-β and FOXP-1 were frequently expressed and they were predictive of a shorter overall survival even in lymphomas recognized to have a good prognosis (GCB-type). Given the fact that such molecules are detectable at the time of the diagnosis, we postulate whether a “tailored” or more specific therapy might be applied in the management of the immune-compromised patient.
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Objectives: Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is the etiological agent of Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) and it is also associated with two B cell lymphoproliferative diseases: primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and the plasmablastic form of multicentric Castelman’s disease (MCD). HHV-8 establishes persistent infection in the host with tropism for multiple cell types. In KS patients, the virus is found in tumor-spindle cells, peripheral blood monocytes, endothelial progenitor circulating cells, T and B lymphocytes. Peripheral B cells represent one of the major virus reservoir, but the consequences of HHV-8 infection of these cells have been poorly characterized. Therefore, in this study the frequency, the immunophenotypic profile and the functional activity of different peripheral B cell subsets in patients with classic KS (cKS) was analysed in order to identify potential alterations of these cells. The classic variant of KS is ideal to perform such studies, as it lacks confounding factors such as HIV or EBV infection and immunosuppression. Methods: Whole-blood samples from patients with the classical form of KS (cKS) (n=62) and healthy age and sex-matched seronegative controls (HSN) (n=43) were analyzed by multiparametric flow-cytometry to determine the frequency of B cells and their subpopulations, as well as their surface expression of immunoglobulins and activation markers. Results: The frequency of circulating B cells was significantly higher in cKS patients than in controls. In particular, the analysis of the B cell subsets revealed a higher frequency of naïve B cells (CD19+CD27-), among which transitional CD19+CD38highCD5+ and pre-naïve (CD27-CD38intCD5+ ) B cells demonstrated an expansion. Memory B cells (CD19+CD27+) did not differ between the two study groups, except from a higher frequency of CD19+CD27+IgM+IgD+ B cells, the typical phenotype of marginal zone (MZ) B cells, in cKS patients. The characterization of membrane surface activation markers showed lower levels of the activation marker HLA-DR only on CD27- B cells, while CD80 and CD86 were less represented in all the the B cells from cKS patients. Moreover, B cells from cKS patients were smaller and with less granules than the ones from controls. Conclusion: Taken together, these results clearly indicate that circulating B cells are altered in patients with cKS, showing an expansion of the immature phenotypes. These B cell alterations may be due to an indirect viral effect rather than to a direct one: the cytokines expressed in the microenvironment typical of cKS may cause a faster release of immature cells from the bone marrow and a lower grade of peripheral differentiation, as already suggested for other chronic viral infections such as HIV and HCV. Further studies will be necessary to understand how these alterations contribute to the pathogenesis of KS and, eventually, to the different clinical evolution of the disease.
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Die Kenntnis immunogener Tumorantigene ist Grundlage für die rationale Entwicklung immunologisch orientierter Therapieverfahren. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden im autologen Melanommodell MZ7 drei neue T-zellerkannte Tumorantigene vorgestellt. Während nahezu alle bisher beschriebenen Tumorantigene mit Hilfe von T-Zellklonen (CTL) entdeckt wurden, die aus tumorreaktiven MLTCs (gemischte Lymphozyten/Tumor-Zellkulturen) generiert worden waren, wurde in dieser Arbeit versucht, wenige Wochen stimulierte MLTCs direkt zur Antigensuche zu verwenden. Als sensitives Nachweissystem wurde der IFNg-ELISPOT-Assay eingesetzt. Die Motivation dazu waren einerseits praktische Erwägungen, da CTL-Klonierungen material- und zeitaufwendig sind. Andererseits wurde vermutet, dass die Etablierung von CTL-Klonen in Langzeitkultur neben Zufallsprozessen auch Selektionsprozessen unterliegt, die CTL mit bestimmten Eigenschaften favorisieren. Eventuell eröffnete sich durch den Einsatz der MLTCs die Möglichkeit, Antigene zu entdecken, die mit Hilfe permanent kultivierter CTL aus den MLTCs nicht gefunden würden.Um beispielsweise Schwankungen im Proliferationsverhalten und in Effektorfunktionen permanent kultivierter T-Zellen zu umgehen, wurden für die Versuche in dieser Arbeit in Portionen eingefrorene T-Zellen verwendet, die zuvor zu ausreichender Menge expandiert worden waren. Es ließ sich zeigen, dass durch die Kryokonservierung der T-Zellen zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt nach einer Restimulation mit den Tumorzellen der Aktivierungszustand der T-Zellen konserviert wurde, und dass die T-Zellen nach dem Auftauen in ELISPOT-Assays ohne wesentliche Einbußen spezifisch auf einen erneuten Antigenkontakt reagierten. Bei der Testung von mehreren, unabhängig generierten MLTCs gegen bekannte Tumorantigene wurden T-Zellantworten gegen gp100/HLA-B7.2, Tyrosinase/HLA-A26.1, SIRT2P182L/HLA-A3.1 und, deutlich stärker, gegen die Melanomzelllinie festgestellt. Nachfolgend wurde mit Hilfe bereits etablierter CTL-Klone die peptidkodierende Region von gp100 über die Transfektion von gp100-Fragmenten in COS-7-Zellen eingegrenzt und anschließend ein synthetisches Peptid identifiziert, das von den CTL-Klonen erkannt wurde. Das zweite identifizierte Tumorantigen, Tyrosinase/HLA-A26.1, wurde nur in einer von sechs neu generierten, unabhängigen MLTCs entdeckt. Da keine Tyrosinase/HLA-A26.1-reaktiven CTL-Klone zur Verfügung standen, wurden die zur Eingrenzung der peptidkodierenden Region transfizierten COS-7-Zellen mit der MLTC selbst getestet. Anschließend wurde ein synthetisches Peptid identifiziert, das von der MLTC erkannt wurde.Die Reaktivität der MLTCs gegen die Melanomzelllinie war bei weitem nicht durch die bis dahin gefundenen T-Zellantworten erklärbar. Daher wurde mit einer der MLTCs versucht, durch cDNA-Expressionsklonierung ein neues Antigen in der cDNA-Bank aus dem MZ7-Melanom zu identifizieren. Die Reaktivität der MLTC gegen den Tumor war hauptsächlich durch einen Antikörper gegen HLA-A3 blockierbar. Daher wurde HLA-A*03011-cDNA für das âScreeningâ kotransfiziert. Das Verfahren führte zur Identifizierung eines weiteren punktmutierten Tumorantigens: GPNMBG181D (GPNMBmutiert). Die Mutation führte dazu, dass ein Teil eines ungespleißten Introns Bestandteil der im Tumor entdeckten cDNA war. Ein aus der Exon/Intron-Region kodiertes synthetisches Peptid mit der ausgetauschten Aminosäure wurde von der MLTC deutlich erkannt. Durch RT-PCR-Analysen wurde im MZ7-Melanom, in fast allen getesteten weiteren Melanomen sowie in einem Teil der überprüften Nierenzellkarzinome eine Variante der GPNMB-cDNA entdeckt, in der ebenfalls das erwähnte Intron enthalten war, ohne dass die Mutation vorlag (GPNMB/INT4). Diese Spleißvariante wurde nicht in EBV-B-Zelllinien und anderen Tumorzelllinien gefunden. Zusätzlich zu dem bereits zuvor charakterisierten Tumorantigen SIRT2P182L wurden drei weitere T-zellerkannte Antigene im Melanommodell MZ7 identifiziert. T-Zellreaktivität gegen das Antigen GPNMBG181D entwickelte sich, im Gegensatz zu den anderen Antigenen, in allen getesteten MLTCs. Dies spricht für eine immunologische Dominanz des Antigens im Melanommodell MZ7. Die Tatsache, dass das âstärksteâ Antigen mit Hilfe einer MLTC identifiziert wurde, bietet die Aussicht, evtl. weitere dominante Antigene mit dem Verfahren identifizieren zu können. Die Verwendung von kurzzeitstimulierten MLTCs anstelle von permanent kultivierten CTL-Klonen stellt einen ersten Schritt auf dem Weg zur Beschleunigung der Suche nach Tumorantigenen dar. Die Verfahrensbeschleunigung ist die Voraussetzung dafür, in Zukunft Antigene nicht nur in archivierten Modellen zu suchen, sondern in Patienten zu einem frühen Zeitpunkt der malignen Erkrankung. Dann bestünde die Chance, dass die Kenntnis individueller Tumorantigene in immuntherapeutische Konzepte eingeht.
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Numerosi studi hanno mostrato come i meccanismi epigenetici di regolazione della cromatina svolgano un ruolo centrale nel controllare la trascrizione genica. E’ stato infatti dimostrato che complessi inibitori come SWI/SNF e gli enzimi ad esso associati quali istone deacetilasi (HDAC) e protein arginin-metiltrasferasi (PRMT), siano coinvolti nel controllo della crescita, differenziazione e proliferazione cellulare. Diversi studi hanno mostrato come i meccanismi epigenetici di controllo della trascrizione genica svolgano un ruolo di primo piano nel promuovere la sopravvivenza cellulare in leucemie/linfomi di derivazione dai linfociti B come la leucemia linfatica cronica, il linfoma mantellare ed i linfomi associati al virus di Epstein-Barr (EBV). Tuttavia, molto poco e’ conosciuto circa i meccanismi epigenetici di controllo della trascrizione che divengono operativi e che contribuiscono al processo di trasformazione dei linfociti B. PRMT5 e’ un enzima che di-metila specificamente residui argininici sugli istoni (H) 3 (H3R8) ed 4 (H4R3). PRMT5 ed HDAC lavorano in concerto per reprimere la trascrizione di specifici geni oncosoppressori. In questo progetto sono stati studiati i meccanismi e le conseguenze dell’iperespressione di PRMT5 durante il processo di trasformazione dei linfociti B indotto da EBV, e’ stata dimostrata l’importanza di questo enzima nel processo di trasformazione, e sono stati studiati nuovi metodi per inibirne l’espressione/attivita’. In particolare si e’ dimostrato che l’espressione di PRMT5 e’ ridotta o assente in linfociti B normali (o attivati da stimoli fisiologici) ed elevata in linee cellulari linfoblastoidi immortalizzate o completamente trasformate. Elevati livelli citosolici di PRMT5 sono detectabili dopo 4 giorni dall’infezione di linfociti B normali con EBV, PRMT5 e’ detectabile a livello nucleare, dove esercita la sua funzione repressoria la trascrizione, a partire dal giorno 8. L’utilizzo di specifici small interference RNAs (siRNA) in linee cellulari linfoblastoidi ha permesso di dimostrare la riduzione dell’espressione di PRMT5, la riduzione della metilazione degli istoni target di PRMT5, inibizione della proliferazione cellulare e abbassamento della soglia di sensibilita’ cellulare a stimoli pro-apoptotici. Esperimenti di co-immunoprecipitazione cromatinica hanno permesso di evidenziare che in queste cellule PRMT5 e’ parte di un complesso proteico a funzione inibitoria e che questo complesso si lega alla regione promotrice di specifici geni oncosoppressori quali ST7, GAS e NM23, inibendone la trascrizione. Si e’ inoltre provveduto a sviluppare una categoria di inibitori allosterici di PRMT5: l’attivita’ terapeutica/la specificita’ in vitro e la modalita’ di somministrazione ottimale in modelli murini di linfoma non-Hodgkin, sono in corso di valutazione.