La maladie de Crohn touche 100 000 personnes en France. Elle est caractérisée par une inflammation chronique de l’intestin, ainsi que par l’alternance de phases de récidive et de rémission. Devant l’imprévisibilité des rechutes, médecins et patients essaient d’identifier des facteurs qui permettraient de les anticiper et ainsi de mieux les contrôler. Néanmoins, aucune étude n’a encore pu clairement mettre en évidence l’étiologie de la rechute dans la maladie de Crohn. Ce travail de thèse a donc pour ambition de définir les facteurs psychosociaux prédictifs de la rechute. Dans une démarche clinique, nous accordons également une importance au vécu subjectif de la maladie et des rechutes. Les travaux portants sur les expériences subjectives de la maladie chronique montrent que diverses représentations cognitives, sociales et fantasmatiques de la pathologie et du corps malade, sont mises au travail permettant aux patients un meilleur ajustement. Le deuxième objectif de ce travail de thèse vise donc une compréhension des enjeux psychiques du vécu de la maladie de Crohn.La double méthodologie mise en place, quantitative et qualitative, s’inscrit dans une perspective longitudinale, prospective et intégrative. Nous avons ainsi pu recueillir des données portant sur les facteurs psychosociaux à travers des questionnaires administrés auprès de 145 sujets adultes en rémission de la maladie de Crohn. Parallèlement nous avons conduit 33 entretiens de recherche ayant fait l’objet d’une analyse de contenu thématique. Le test projectif du Rorschach a également été utilisé afin de mettre en lumière les retentissements psychiques de la maladie lors de 3 études de cas.Les principaux résultats soulèvent l’implication des stresseurs spécifiques à la maladie chronique, des stratégies de coping centrées sur l’émotion et de la qualité de vie dans l’augmentation du risque de rechute dans la maladie de Crohn. Nous avons également pu mettre en évidence plusieurs phénomènes quant au vécu de la pathologie. La rechute parait marquée par des potentialités traumatiques et psychopathologiques qui signent la véritable entrée du sujet dans la maladie. Son vécu ainsi que le vécu de la maladie donne lieu à des remaniements identitaires profonds médiatisés par de forts éprouvés de honte quant à la spécificité des symptômes et par une fantasmatique propre à la zone corporelle atteinte, faisant écho à des angoisses du féminin. L’acquisition de savoirs profanes, un travail d’élaboration autour de la perte et de la qualité des relations entretenues avec le médecin spécialiste paraissent constituer des facteurs permettant de mieux gérer les stresseurs et de s’approprier la maladie. Notre travail amorce une réflexion sur l’accompagnement thérapeutique devant être fondé une prise en charge globale de la souffrance des patients traduite aussi bien à partir des facteurs psychosociaux que du vécu subjectif des patients. / Crohn's disease affects 100,000 people in France. It is characterized by a chronic inflammation of the intestine, as well as alternating phases of recurrence and remission. Given the unpredictability of relapses, doctors and patients try to identify factors that would allow them to be anticipated and thus better controlled. Nevertheless, no study has yet been able to clearly identify the etiology of relapse in Crohn's disease. This thesis work aims to define the psychosocial factors predictive of relapse. In a clinical approach, we also place importance on the subjective experience of illness and relapse. Work on the subjective experiences of chronic disease shows that various cognitive, social and fantasy representations of the pathology and the sick body are put to work allowing patients a better fit. The second objective of this PhD thesis is therefore an understanding of the psychic issues involved in living with Crohn's disease.The dual methodology put in place, quantitative and qualitative, is part of a longitudinal, prospective and integrative perspective. We were able to collect data on psychosocial factors through questionnaires administered to 145 adult subjects in remission of Crohn's disease. At the same time, we conducted 33 research interviews that were the subject of a thematic content analysis. The projective Rorschach test was also used to highlight the psychic repercussions of the disease in 3 case studies.The main findings highlight the involvement of chronic disease-specific stressors, emotion-focused coping strategies, and quality of life in increasing the risk of relapse in Crohn's patients. We have also been able to highlight several phenomena regarding the experience of pathology. The relapse seems marked by traumatic and psychopathological potentialities which sign the real entrance of the subject into the disease. Her experience as well as the experience of the disease gives rise to profound identity re-mediations mediated by strong shame as to the specificity of the symptoms and by a phantasmatic peculiar to the affected body area, echoing anxieties of the feminine. The acquisition of secular knowledge, a work of elaboration around the loss and the quality of the relations maintained with the specialist doctor appear to constitute factors allowing to better manage the stressors and to appropriate the disease. Our study initiates a reflection on the therapeutic accompaniment to be founded a global management of the suffering of the patients translated as well from psychosocial factors as from the subjective experience of the patients.

Background: Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) is a pathogen isolated from the ileum of patients with CD. IFNγ is a key mediator of immunity, which regulates inflammatory responses to microbial infections. Previously, we showed enterohemorrhagic E. coli prevents STAT1 activation. Aims: To determine; 1) whether activation of STAT1 by IFNγ was prevented following AIEC infection, and 2) define the mechanisms used. Methods: Human epithelial cells were infected with AIEC strains or other pathogenic and commensal E. coli strains. Following infection, cells were stimulated with IFNγ. Activation of STAT1, was monitored by immunoblotting. Results: AIEC strains prevented STAT1 phosphorylation in response to IFNγ. Effect required live bacteria with active protein synthesis. A bacterial product was responsible for blocking STAT1 signalling and interfered with downstream signalling cascades. Conclusion: Suppression of epithelial cell STAT1 signal transduction by AIEC strains represents a novel mechanism by which the pathogen evades host immune responses to the infection.

Background: Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) is a pathogen isolated from the ileum of patients with CD. IFNγ is a key mediator of immunity, which regulates inflammatory responses to microbial infections. Previously, we showed enterohemorrhagic E. coli prevents STAT1 activation. Aims: To determine; 1) whether activation of STAT1 by IFNγ was prevented following AIEC infection, and 2) define the mechanisms used. Methods: Human epithelial cells were infected with AIEC strains or other pathogenic and commensal E. coli strains. Following infection, cells were stimulated with IFNγ. Activation of STAT1, was monitored by immunoblotting. Results: AIEC strains prevented STAT1 phosphorylation in response to IFNγ. Effect required live bacteria with active protein synthesis. A bacterial product was responsible for blocking STAT1 signalling and interfered with downstream signalling cascades. Conclusion: Suppression of epithelial cell STAT1 signal transduction by AIEC strains represents a novel mechanism by which the pathogen evades host immune responses to the infection.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Univ., 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2006. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

La maladie de Crohn (MC) est une maladie inflammatoire chronique intestinale (MICI). Son incidence et sa prévalence ont augmenté en Europe au cours des dix dernières années (150 pour 100000 habitants) constituant ainsi un problème de santé majeur. L’inflammation chronique dans la MC favorise la mise en place d’une angiogenèse pathophysiologique. Inflammation et angiogenèse sont deux réponses cellulaires suspectées dans la survenue des cancers coliques associés au MICI. Même si les facteurs favorisant la mise en place de la MC restent non élucidés, la contribution des bactéries exogènes est fortement suspectée. Parmi ces bactéries, les E.coli adhérentes et invasives (AIEC), isolées à partir de la muqueuse iléale de patients porteurs de la MC, sont un bon candidat. Les objectifs de mon projet de thèse étaient de caractériser les mécanismes moléculaires induits par les AIEC et impliqués dans la mise en place des réponses pro inflammatoire et pro angiogénique des cellules intestinales épithéliales. Le facteur de transcription hypoxique (HIF-1) est au cœur de l’immunité innée et de l’angiogenèse. J’ai émis l’hypothèse que les AIEC pouvaient moduler le niveau d’expression de HIF-1α et ainsi contrôler les réponses pro inflammatoire et pro angiogénique. Dans mon premier article, j’ai montré que HIF-1α est maximalement exprimé au niveau de l’épithélium iléal des patients porteurs de la MC. Ensuite, j’ai montré sur un modèle murin compétent pour l’infection par les AIEC, les souris CEABAC10, que les bactéries induisent l’augmentation du niveau protéique de HIF-1 α ainsi que l’activation de la voie de signalisation du VEGF, le facteur angiogénique le plus puissant. / Non communiqué.

Submitted by Irene Nascimento (irene.kessia@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-13T16:53:32Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) LUIZ GUSTAVO DE QUADROS TESE.pdf: 9881637 bytes, checksum: d6ffb41dcf9858105a4bb9088ff3fd0f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-13T16:53:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) LUIZ GUSTAVO DE QUADROS TESE.pdf: 9881637 bytes, checksum: d6ffb41dcf9858105a4bb9088ff3fd0f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-14 / Introdução: Não existe atualmente uma terapia para tratamento de pacientes com Doença de Crohn refratária quando os tratamentos convencionais como antiinflamatórios, esteroides, imunossupressores e agentes biológicos anti-TNF alfa falham. Neste contexto o Transplante Autólogo de Células Tronco Hematopoiéticas (TACTH) pode ser uma alternativa. Objetivos: O objetivo do estudo foi determinar, após o TACTH, os resultados clinicos e endoscópicos e a toxicicidade imediata nos pacientes com Doença de Crohn (DC) refratários na primeira série brasileira de dez (10) casos realizados em uma única instituição. Casuística e Métodos: Foram estudados retrospectivamente dez pacientes com DC refratários submetidos ao TACTH. O critério de inclusão foi um Índice de Atividade da Doença de Crohn (CDAI) maior que 240, Índice Crônico de Gravidade Craig (CSI) maior que 17, Harvey Bradshaw indice maior que quatro, doença comprovada colonoscopicamente e não respondedores a, pelo menos, dois agentes biológicos anti TNF alfa. O tratamento foi feito com ciclofosfamida e timoglobulina, seguido de infusão de células-tronco de sangue periférico não manipuladas e não selecionados, colhidas por leucaférese após condicionamento com Ciclofosfamida. Avaliação do TACTH durante o período de mobilização e condicionamento até os primeiros 30 dias após o procedimento foi feita utilizando os Critérios NCI Common Toxicity Criteria Questionnaire, CDAI e questionário de qualidade de vida (QV) Short Form 36. Avaliação por colonoscopia foi realizada utilizando como parâmetros as classificações de Rutgeerts, Índice de Gravidade Endoscópica da Doença de Chron (CDEIS) e escore endoscópico simples para Crohn (SES-CD), seis meses após o procedimento em sete pacientes. Resultados: A análise foi disponíveis para 10 pacientes (6 femininos e 4 masculinos), a idade média foi de 34 ± 8 anos (24-50), com CDAI no momento do transplante com mediana 311,6 (240 - 450,2), doença grave em quatro (57 , 1%) e três (42,9%) com doença moderada. Classificação Montreal, Idade: A1 28,6%, A2 57,1% e A3 14,3%; principais manifestações extraintestinais doenças autoimunes associadas: 42,9% B1, B2 42,9% e B1P: 14,3%; distúrbio gastrointestinal locais: L1: 14,3%, L3: 71,4%, L4: 14: 3. Apenas a toxicidade hematológica foi observada em todos os pacientes nas fases de mobilização e condicionamento: leucopenia, granulocitopenia, linfocitopenia, trombocitopenia e hipotensão em um paciente. Como toxicidade gastrointestinal, foi comum o surgimento de náuseas durante alguns dias em todo o período de mobilização e condicionamento. Também foram encontrados febre sem infecção em dois pacientes, assim como farmacodermia e infecção fúngica após enxerto, diagnosticada por CT de tórax, em um mesmo paciente. Nos primeiros 30 dias, apenas um paciente parecia ter reativação de CMV mas não confirmada. Qualidade de vida foi melhor em todos os pacientes e, em três domínios, esta melhora foi estatisticamente significativa. Conclusão: O procedimento foi seguro, com baixa toxicidade hematológica e com impacto clínico no CDAI e na QV. / Introduction: Currently no therapy exists to treat refractory Crohn disease when the conventional treatments based in anti-inflammatory, steroids, immunosuppressant and/or a biologic anti-TNF-α failed. In this scenario, Autologous Hematopoietic Stem cell Transplantation (AHSCT) may be an alternative. Goals: The objective of study was to determine, after AHSCT, the clinic and endoscopy outcome, as well as the immediate toxicity of patients with refractory Crohn’s disease in the first Brazilian case series of ten (10) patients from a single institution. Patients and Methods: Were studied ten patients retrospectively. The inclusion criteria were Crohn Disease Activity Index (CDAI) greater than 240, Craig Chronic severity index (CSI) greater than 17, Harvey Bradshaw index greater than four, comproved active disease by endocolonoscopy and lack of response to at least two anti TNFα biologic agents. The treatment was done with Cyclophosphamide and Thymoglobulin followed by infusion of unmanipulated and unselected peripheral blood stem cells, obtained by leukapheresis after Cyclophosphamide conditioning. The evaluation the Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation during mobilization and conditioning period until the first 30 days after the procedure was performed using the NCI Common Toxicity Criteria Questionnaire, Chronic Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Quality of Live (QoL) Short Form 3 questionnaire and Clinical Outcome Parameters. The evaluation by colonoscopy was dose through parameters Rutgeerts, Crohn’s Disease Endoscopic Index of Severity and Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn’s six months after the procedure in seven patients. Results: The analysis was available for 10 patients (6 female and 4 male), with median age was 34 ± 8 years (24-50), with median CDAI at time of Transplantation of 311,6 (240 - 450,2) severe disease in four (57,1%) and moderate disease in three (42,9%). Montreal classification, Age: A1 28,6%, A2 57,1% e A3 14,3%; major extra intestinal manifestations associated autoimmune disorders: B1 42,9%, B2 42,9% e B1p:14,3%; gastrointestinal local disorder: L1: 14,3%, L3: 71,4%, L4: 14:3. Only hematologic toxicity was observed in all patients in mobilization and conditioning phases. Leukopenia, granulocytopenia, lymphocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, and hypotension were found in one patient. Concerning gastrointestinal toxicity, nausea was a frequent complaint for several days throughout the period of mobilization and conditioning. Further side-effects were fever without infection in two patients, as well as pharmacodermy and fungal infection after graft, diagnosed by chest CT, in the same patient. In the first 30 days, only one patient appeared to have CMV reactivation but it was not confirmed. Quality of life was better in all patients and the improvement in three domains was statistically significant. Conclusion: The procedure was safe, with low hematologic the toxicity, and has a clinical impact on CDAI and on QoL.

Bakgrund: IBD är en kronisk inflammatorisk tarmsjukdom som innefattar sjukdomarna ulcerös kolit och Crohns sjukdom. Sjukdomen har ökat kraftigt i förekomst de senaste tre decennierna, även i Sverige. En person som har en kronisk sjukdom får en påverkad tillvaro och behöver stöd utöver bara kunskap om sjukdomen för att kunna hantera den. Professionell attityd och empati är viktiga aspekter för att skapa ömsesidigt förtroende och respektfull vård för personer med IBD. Syfte: Litteraturstudiens syfte var att belysa personers (≥18 år) upplevelser av att leva med inflammatorisk tarmsjukdom (IBD). Metod: En litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats, som omfattade 11 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ metodik, genomfördes. Databaserna CINAHL och PubMed användes för databassökning. Analysen genomfördes som en stegvis process inspirerad av innehållsanalys. Resultat: Personernas upplevelse av att leva med IBD sammanställdes i två kategorier; ‘Upplevelser ur ett inre perspektiv’ och ‘Upplevelser ur ett relationellt perspektiv’. Kategorierna delades därefter in i nio subkategorier; ‘Oförutsägbarhet och kontrollförlust’, ‘Oro för framtiden’, ‘Kroppsbild och stigma’, ‘Fysiska påfrestningar’, ‘Optimism’, ‘Sociala situationer’, ‘Familj och partner’, ‘Arbete samt ‘Sjukvård’. Konklusion: Personer med IBD upplever både fysiska och psykiska påfrestningar som kräver en helhetssyn i omvårdnaden. En individanpassad omvårdnad är avgörande för att upprätthålla förtroendet för vården och främja positiva resultat för personens behandling och hälsa. Sjuksköterskor bör vara lyhörda för de individuella behoven och ta hänsyn till de psykiska påfrestningar som sjukdomen kan bidra till. Det är också viktigt att skapa en trygg miljö för personerna, då sjuksköterskan kan fungera som en stödjande faktor vid sociala problem. Litteraturstudien visar därmed att omvårdnad spelar en betydande och värdefull roll i personers upplevelser av att leva med IBD. / Background: IBD is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. It has significantly increased in incidence over the past three decades, in Sweden as well. A person with chronic illness experiences an impacted life and requires support beyond just knowledge of the disease in order to be able to manage it. Professional attitude and empathy are important aspects to create mutual trust and respectful care for people with IBD. Aim: The aim was to illuminate people’s (≥18 years) experiences of living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Method: A literature review with a qualitative approach, which included 11 scientific articles with qualitative methodology. The databases CINAHL and PubMed were used for the database searching. The analysis was conducted as a stepwise process inspired by content analysis. Results: The people’s experience of living with IBD was compiled into two categories; ‘Experiences from an inner perspective’ & ‘Experiences from a relational perspective’. The categories were then divided into 9 subcategories; ‘Unpredictability and loss of control’, ‘Anxiety about the future’, ‘Body image and stigma’, ‘Physical stress’, ‘Optimism’, ‘Social situations’, ‘Family and partner’, ‘Work’ and ‘Healthcare’. Conclusion: People with IBD experience both physical and psychological stress, which requires a holistic view in nursing. Individualized care is crucial to maintaining trust and promoting positive outcomes for a person's treatment and health. Nurses should be attentive to individual needs and consider the psychological impacts of the disease. Additionally, creating a safe environment is important, as nurses can act as a supportive factor in case of social problems. The literature review highlights the significant and valuable role of nursing care in the experiences of individuals living with IBD.

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