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Orientador: Maria Marluce dos Santos Vilela / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T20:47:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Toro_AdyleiaAparecidaDalboContrera_D.pdf: 3459466 bytes, checksum: a2a86bc660c9851dab70414f47dc5420 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: INTRODUÇÃO: A infecção pelo HIV desencadeia diversificadas e extensas alterações no mecanismo de defesa do pulmão, o que se traduz em maior número de infecções por germes habituais ou oportunistas e processos imunológicos diversos como a pneumonia intersticial linfocítica (PIL), a hiperplasia linfóide (HLP) ou neoplasias. A infecção simultânea do HIV e do EBV pode aumentar o risco de HLP/ PIL. OBS.: O resumo na integra poderá ser visualizado no link ou texto completo da tese digital / Abstract: BACKGROUND: Pulmonary Lymphoid Hyperplasia (PLH) / Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonitis (LIP) complex is common in HIV infected children. It may reflect a particular response to HIV from a developing immune system, and is also related to exposure to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Note: the complete abstract is avaiable with the link or full eletronic digital theses or dissertations / Doutorado / Pediatria / Doutor em Saude da Criança e do Adolescente

Orientadores: Sandra Cecília Botelho Costa, Sandra Helena Alves Bonon / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T11:43:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Peigo_MurilodeFreitas_M.pdf: 1466925 bytes, checksum: 094e2cd00645843fd5fa2c56ca66c2d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico (LES) é uma patologia sistêmica do tecido conjuntivo, que se apresenta de maneira variada na dependência do órgão afetado, da gravidade de seu acometimento e da idade do paciente, tendo influência de fatores raciais, de padrões imunológicos e ambientais. Pacientes lúpicos têm grande predisposição para desenvolver infecções graças à imunossupressão induzida pela própria doença como pelo uso de vários medicamentos em seu tratamento. Infecções causadas por herpesvírus, principalmente o Citomegalovírus Humano (CMV) e o Epstein-Barr (EBV), têm sido implicadas em várias doenças autoimunes graves, incluindo o LES. A reativação dos herpesvírus 6 e 7 (HHV-6 e HHV-7) geralmente ocorre em pacientes imunodeprimidos, mas seus papéis ainda são pouco estudados. As infecções por herpesvírus têm influência tanto no início do processo autoimune quanto na exacerbação da progressão da doença. A identificação de pacientes com alto risco de desenvolver doença pelos herpesvírus pode ser realizada utilizando técnicas de detecção de infecção ativa, como a Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase (Nested-PCR) e a detecção do antígeno pp65 do CMV (Antigenemia). Dependendo do caso, estes pacientes podem receber tratamento com antivirais. Diante do exposto, os objetivos deste estudo foram: monitorizar os pacientes com LES em relação à infecção ativa por CMV, EBV, HHV-6 e HHV-7, utilizando as técnicas de Nested-PCR e de antigenemia, bem como avaliar o impacto clínico dessas infecções. Foram incluídos neste trabalho, amostras de sangue de 71 pacientes em seguimento no Departamento de Reumatologia da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas ¿ UNICAMP, com diagnóstico de LES confirmado, sendo que 20/71 (28%) estavam com o lúpus ativo (SLEDAI ? 8) e 51/71 (72%) dos pacientes não tinham atividade lúpica (SLEDAI < 8). Das amostras de sangue pesquisadas, 10/71 (14%) foram positivas para os herpesvírus estudados, sendo que 90% destes pacientes com infecção ativa apresentavam o lúpus em atividade (p?0,006). Infecção ativa pelo CMV ocorreu em 4 pacientes (5,6%). HHV-7 foi detectado em 4 amostras (5,6%). Dois outros pacientes apresentaram dupla infecção por CMV e HHV-7 (2,8%). Infecção ativa pelo EBV e HHV-6 não foi detectada em nenhuma das amostras analisadas. Dois pacientes foram a óbito, sendo que um deles evoluiu com sepse de foco pulmonar (provável doença por CMV) e o outro com sepse por Psedomonas aeruginosa. Diante dos resultados obtidos, podemos observar que a infecção ativa pode ocorrer nos pacientes com LES, principalmente naqueles com a doença em atividade. Poucos estudos têm avaliado o impacto destas infecções no cuidado diário dos pacientes com LES. Acreditamos que este trabalho seja pioneiro e será de fundamental importância, contribuindo com este grupo de pacientes. Entretanto, futuros estudos deverão ser implementados com um número maior de pacientes e de coletas/paciente, principalmente naqueles com LES em atividade, que foram demonstrados com aqueles com fator de risco aumentado / Abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a connective tissue systemic pathology that presents itself in several ways, depending on the organ affected, the seriousness of the disease and patient¿s age, being influenced by racial factors, immunologic and environmental patterns. SLE patients have great predisposition to develop infections due to the immunosuppression induced by the disease itself and by the use of medicine in the treatment. Infections caused by herpesvirus, especially Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr (EBV), have been developed into several serious autoimmune diseases, including SLE. Herpesvirus 6 and 7 (HHV-6 and HHV-7) reactivation generally occurs in immunodepressed patients, but their roles are unclear. Herpesvirus infections have influence both on the beginning of the autoimmune process and on the aggravation of the disease progression. The patients that present high risks of developing herpesvirus related diseases can be identified using active infection detection techniques, such as the Nested polymerase chain reaction (Nested-PCR) and the CMV pp65 antigen detection (antigenemia). Depending on the case, the patients can receive treatment with antivirals. Face to the exposed, the objectives of this study were: to monitor the patients with SLE with regard to active infection by CMV using Nested-PCR and antigenemia techniques, and EBV, HHV-6, HHV-7 in serum, as well as to evaluate the clinic impact to these infections. There were included in this work blood samples of 71 patients that are being treated at the Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medical Sciences ¿ University of Campinas - UNICAMP, with a confirmed SLE diagnosis, given that 20/71 (28%) had active lupus (SLEDAI ? 8) and 51/71 (72%) of the patients didn¿t present lupic activity (SLEDAI < 8). Considering the blood samples researched, 10/71 (14%) were positive for the studied herpesvirus, and 90% of the patients with active infection presented lupus in activity (p ? 0,006). Active infection by CMV was observed in 4 patients (5,6%). HHV-7 was detected in 4 samples (5,6%). Two other patients presented double infection by CMV and HHV-7 (2,8%). Active infection by EBV and HHV-6 was not detected in any of the analyzed samples. Two patients have deceased, whose conditions developed into pulmonary sepsis (probable disease by CMV) and into Psedomonas aeruginosa sepsis, respectively. After analyzing the achieved results, we observe that active infection can appear in patients with SLE, especially in those with the disease in activity. Few studies have evaluated the impact of these infections on the daily care of patients with SLE. In this sense, we believe that this work is pioneer and that it will be of fundamental importance, contributing to this group of patients. However, future studies should be implemented, with a larger number of patients and samples, especially those with SLE in activity, which are the ones with increased risk factor as shown / Mestrado / Clinica Medica / Mestre em Clinica Medica

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus that establishes a life-long latent infection of B cells. It is usually asymptomatic in healthy individuals; however, individuals with compromised immunity often develop EBV-induced lymphoma. EBV also encodes potential oncogenes that can contribute to tumorigenesis. Therefore, vaccine and immunotherapeutic strategies targeting EBV are desirable. Recent studies have shown that infusion of EBV-specific CD8+T cells can elicit remission of lymphomas arising after administration of immunosuppressive drugs during transplantation, suggesting an important role for T cells in the prevention of EBV-induced malignancy. A better understanding of the cellular immune components involved in the control of EBV will aid in the development of methods to prevent infection and/or treat EBV-associated disease. While EBV infection is usually acquired asymptomatically during childhood, primary infection of adolescents and young adults can result in an illness termed acute infectious mononucleosis (AIM). Because of the characteristic symptoms of the illness, individuals with AIM can be readily identified and diagnosed with acute EBV infection. Thus, primary CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses against the virus can be evaluated. It has been previously found that there is a marked expansion of lytic EBV protein-specific CD8+ T cells early during AIM, with delayed detection of lower frequencies of latent EBV protein-specific CD8+ T cells. The magnitude and specificity of CD4+T cell responses during AIM has been less well characterized. This thesis dissertation presents data from both functional assays and direct staining experiments documenting the timing, magnitude, and antigen-specificity of CD4+ T cells over the course of primary EBV infection. Lytic and latent protein-specific CD4+ T cells were readily detected by intracellular IFN-γ production at presentation with AIM and declined rapidly thereafter. Blood EBV load was also quantitated and found to decrease over time following AIM. By contrast, CD8+T cell IFN-y responses remained high for several weeks following presentation with AIM. Direct staining of lytic epitope-specific CD4+ T cells during AIM revealed high frequencies of virus-specific cells with low proliferative and IFN-γ-producing potential. Blood EBV load in these patients was persistently high through 6 wk following AIM. These data suggest a relationship between high EBV load during acute infection and impaired EBV-specific CD4+ T cell responses, which are compatible with impaired CD4+ T cell responses reported during high viremia associated with other viral infections. This may represent a mechanism by which persistent viruses, such as EBV, are able to establish a life-long infection in their hosts.