Cette thèse est composée en quatre chapitres distincts. Dans le premier chapitre, nous examinons le lien à long terme entre le développement des marchés boursiers, le développement du secteur bancaire et la croissance économique du groupe BRICS en utilisant l’analyse de données de panel. Notre analyse empirique indique que l'indicateur du développement du marché boursier ainsi que l'indicateur du développement du secteur bancaire ont un impact positif et significatif sur la croissance économique. Cependant, l'indicateur de la profondeur du système financier a un effet négatif et significatif sur la croissance. Dans le deuxième chapitre, nous étudions l'impact direct des investissements directs étrangers (IDE) ainsi que l’interaction entre de l’IDE et de la liberté économique sur la croissance économique dans un panel des pays en voie de développement en utilisant l’analyse de données de panel dynamiques et la méthode des moments généralisée (GMM). Nos résultats mettent en évidence de l’effet significatif et positif de la liberté économique sur la croissance économique. En outre, l'impact de l'IDE via le canal de la liberté économique est positif et significatif. Cependant, l'effet de l’IDE sur la croissance économique pourrait varier en termes de développement des pays. Le troisième chapitre étudie l'impact direct de l'IDE et l'effet interactif de l'IDE via les indicateurs de marché financier sur la croissance économique de 20 pays en utilisant l’analyse de données de panel dynamiques et la méthode GMM. Notre analyse empirique indique que l'IDE a un effet significatif et positif sur la croissance économique à travers deux indicateurs du secteur bancaire. De même, les mêmes résultats ont conclu pour l'indicateur de la capitalisation boursière. Cependant, l'effet de l'IDE via l'indicateur de la liquidité du marché boursier est négatif. Dans le quatrième chapitre, nous examinons l'effet de la crise financière à travers les indicateurs du marché boursier sur la croissance économique dans le cas des pays du groupe D8 en utilisant des données de panel dynamiques et la méthode GMM. Les résultats concernant trois modèles employés dans cette étude montrent que la crise financière a un effet négatif et significatif via les indicateurs du marché boursier sur la croissance économique. Par conséquence, la crise financière cause de la réduction de l'impact positif du développement des marchés boursiers sur la croissance économique. Cependant, l'impact direct du développement des marchés boursiers est positif. De même, l’indicateur du secteur bancaire a un effet positif sur la croissance. Aussi, nous montrons que l'impact du secteur bancaire sur la croissance est significativement plus important que l'impact du marché boursier. / This thesis is composed of four separate chapters. In the first chapter, the long-term relationship between stock market development, banking sector development and economic growth in the BRICS group countries has been investigated using panel data analysis. The findings reveal that the proxy of stock market development and also the employed proxy of banking sector development have positive and significant impact on economic growth. However, the channel of financial depth in study countries has a negative and significant effect on growth. In the second chapter, the direct and interactive impact of foreign direct investment and economic freedom on economic growth has been studied in a panel of developing countries using dynamic panel data and generalized method of moments (GMM) approach. The results depict a significant and positive effect of economic freedom on economic growth. Also the impact of FDI through economic freedom channel is positive and significant. However, the effect of FDI on growth may vary in terms of development. The third chapter sought to study the direct impact of FDI and also the interactive effect of FDI through proxies of financial market on economic growth of 20 countries using dynamic panel data and GMM approach. In this regard, the interaction of FDI with four indicators of financial market development has been examined. The results indicate a significant and positive impact of FDI through two proxies of banking sector on economic growth. Similarly, the same results concluded for the indicator of stock market capitalization. However, the effect of FDI through the indicator of stock market liquidity is negative. The fourth chapter aims to examine the effect of global financial crisis through the proxies of stock market on economic growth in case of D8 group countries using dynamic panel data and GMM method. The results concerning three employed models in this study reveal that financial crisis has a significant negative effect through stock market development proxies on economic growth. Accordingly, financial crisis cause to reduction of positive impact of stock market development on economic growth. However, the direct impact of stock market development is positively correlated with economic growth. Likewise, the proxy of banking sector has a positive effect on growth. Also by comparison the effect of stock market development and banking sector development, it can be concluded that impact of banking sector on growth is significantly more than the impact stock market

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:57:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2008 - Rhadyson Reinaldo Silva do Nascimento.pdf: 1733739 bytes, checksum: b1070eca267f85de92499d2e245add23 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-03 / Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) is a very important crop in Brazil, mainly in the north and northeast regions of the country, and is gaining importance in the southeast region. In this crop, nematodes are a great threat, because they can cause yield decrease. Information about these pathogens is very few. In a first approach this work aimed at surveying for the occurrence of plant parasitic nematodes that are associated to cowpea in the State of Rio de Janeiro, through sampling achieved in some locations of Nova Igua?u, Mag?, Serop?dica, S?o Francisco de Itabapoana, and Itagua?, where cowpea is grown cultivated. Eight genera of plant parasitic nematodes we found, besides others, that are free leving that were not identified. At the level of species M. incognita and Rotylenchulus reniformis were identified. Nematode identification was done on the bases of morphometric characteristics descriptive keys M. incognita by juvenile (J2 ) and males characteristics and perineal female patterns and esterases profile. In this step, surveys were carried out aiming at the detection of esterases activity for a population of R. reniformis. Protocols routinely used in isoezymes analysis were tested and showed negative results. On the other hand, assays using PCR tubes with the objective to identify esterase activity demonstrated that it was positive for R. reniformis. Modifications in the common protocols, such as changes in buffer solution at the and steps of the procedures, as well as adjusting pH near to neutrality enabled the establishment of a three band pattern of esterase in the studied populations of R. reniformis. In another phase of this work, six cowpea lines in advanced phase of improvement from determining their behavior when inoculated with M. incognita race 1, M. javanica and R. reniformis. The tomato cv. TRural was used as susceptible pattern. The experiments were carried out under greenhouse condition, using 5,000 eggs + juveniles per experimental plots, as inoculum level; for Meloidogyne species evaluation was done 50 days after nematodes inoculations based in the following parameters: galls indices (IG), egg mass indices (IMO) and reproductions rate (FR), calculated by the relation Pf/Pi ( Pf = final populations and Pi= start population). Among the tested lines, five of then RJ 04-04, RJ 04-08, RJ 04-26, RJ 04-48 and RJ 04-65 showed to be highly resistant and line RJ 04-29 was moderately resistant to M. incognita race 1. In the case of M. javanica all lines were highly susceptible. For evaluation of R. reniformis it was used as inoculum and "pure" population multiplied vegetation home. It was inoculated 5000 eggs and juvenile of males and of immature females. As parameter for evaluation of the resistance of the cowpea lineages to the nematode, the reproduction factor was used (Fr) appraised to the 45 days after inoculation. It was verified that all of the tested lineages were considered susceptible; to cultivate "Costel?o" included as witness showed equal behavior. / O caupi (Vigna unguiculata Walp.) ? uma cultura de grande import?ncia para o pa?s, principalmente na regi?o Norte e Nordeste e vem ganhando espa?o na regi?o Sudeste. Nesta cultura, os nemat?ides possuem influ?ncia significativa, chegando ao ponto de limitar a sua produ??o. As informa??es sobre estes pat?genos no Estado do Rio de Janeiro s?o escassas. Assim, numa primeira etapa, este trabalho teve por objetivo fazer um levantamento de nemat?ides fitoparasitas associados a cultura do caupi no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, por meio de coletas realizadas em alguns munic?pios produtores de caupi cultura. Foram encontrados, um total de oito g?neros de nemat?ides fitoparasitas, al?m de outros de vida livre n?o identificados. Em n?vel de esp?cie foram identificadas Meloidogyne incognita ra?a 2 e Rotylenchulus reniformis. As identifica??es foram efetuadas a partir de caracter?sticas morfom?tricas e aux?lio de chaves descritivas. M. incognita foi identificada pelas caracter?sticas dos juvenis (J2) e de machos, configura??o do modelo perineal das f?meas e perfil de esterases. Foram realizados ensaios com o objetivo de detec??o de atividade de esterase, para uma popula??o do nemat?ide R. reniformis. Para tanto foram testados protocolos rotineiramente usados em an?lises isoenzim?ticas, que apresentaram resultados negativos. Entretanto, ensaios montados em microtubos para PCR, evidenciaram atividade ester?sica para R. reniformis. Finalmente, modifica??es nos protocolos usuais como mudan?as na concentra??o da solu??o tamp?o de revela??o, assim como a fixa??o do pH da mesma pr?ximo a neutralidade, permitiram estabelecer um padr?o com tr?s bandas distintas de esterases na popula??o de R. reniformis estudada. Em uma segunda etapa deste trabalho, seis linhagens de caupi em fase avan?ada de melhoramento para resist?ncia a viroses, foram testadas visando determinar a rea??o das mesmas quando inoculadas com M. incognita ra?a 1, ou M. javanica, ou R. reniformis. A cultivar de tomate TRural foi usada como testemunha suscet?vel nos testes com as duas esp?cies de nemat?ide das galhas radiculares. Os experimentos foram realizados em casa de vegeta??o e usou-se uma carga de in?culo de 5000 ovos + juvenis/repeti??o; para as esp?cies de Meloidogyne a avalia??o ocorreu 50 dias ap?s inocula??o e os par?metros usados foram: ?ndice de galhas (IG), ?ndice de massa de ovos (IMO) e fator de reprodu??o (Fr) calculado pela rela??o Pf/Pi (Pf = popula??o final e Pi = popula??o inicial). Das cinco linhagens testadas, RJ 04-04, RJ 04-08, RJ 04-26, RJ 04-48 e RJ 04-65 comportaram-se como altamente resistentes e a linhagem RJ 04-29 como moderadamente resistente para M. incognita ra?a1. Enquanto que, para M. javanica, todas as linhagem foram altamente suscet?veis. Para avalia??o de R. reniformis foi usado como in?culo uma popula??o pura multiplicada em casa de vegeta??o. Inoculou-se 5000 ovos e/ ou juvenis de machos e de f?meas imaturas. Como par?metro para avalia??o da resist?ncia das linhagens de caupi ao nemat?ide, foi usado o fator de reprodu??o (Fr) avaliado aos 45 dias ap?s inocula??o. Verificou-se que todas as linhagens testadas foram consideradas suscet?veis; a cultivar Costel?o inclu?da como testemunha mostrou igual comportamento.

Avec la croissance rapide de l’économie chinoise, les IDE chinois augmentent aussi très vite. De plus en plus études commencent à rechercher les déterminants et les impactes des IDE sortant chinois. Ce papier focalise sur les IDE chinois en Afrique, les motivations et les impactes en comparant avec les autres investissements du reste du monde. Plus intéressant, une étude de cas d’un projet chinois dans le secteur minier en Guinée va être présentée à la fin de la thèse au point de vue des investisseur chinois au niveau industriel et les implications politiques sont tirées à la base des résultats obtenus dans des parties empiriques au niveau macro. Le premier chapitre présente une situation générale du développement de l’IDE chinois et surtout celui en Afrique ; les deuxième et troisième parties sont les deux parties empiriques concernant les déterminants et les impactes de l’IDE chinois en Afrique ; et une étude de cas à la fin. / With rapid Chinese economic growth, the China’s foreign direct investment has as well grown very quickly. More and more studies focus on the determinants and impacts of Chinese outward FDI (OFDI). This thesis targets the Chinese OFDI in Africa, its investment motivations and the impacts to the African host countries compared with other investments from the rest of the world. More interestingly, a case study of a Chinese mining project in Guinea is well presented on the perspective of a Chinese investor’s point of view at industry micro level and the policy implications are drawn based on the empirical results gained from the former chapters at macro level. The first chapter presents the general situation of China’s OFDI, especially that in Africa; while the second and the third chapters are the two empirical parts of determinants and impacts studies; followed by a case study in the final chapter.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T15:38:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PedroPAS_TESE_1-70.pdf: 4719637 bytes, checksum: 8f16cb0e2326a80cfc947b1ea2b89641 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Myofibroblasts are cells that exhibit a hybrid phenotype, sharing the morphological characteristics of fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells, which is acquired during a process called differentiation. These cells then start to express -SMA, a marker that can be used for their identification. Studies suggest that myofibroblasts are related to the aggressiveness of different tumors and that TGF-1 and IFN- play a role in myofibroblast differentiation, stimulating or inhibiting this differentiation, respectively. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of myofibroblasts in epithelial odontogenic tumors, correlating the presence of these cells with the aggressiveness of the tumor. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the expression of TGF-1 and IFN- in myofibroblast differentiation, as well as the expression of MMP-13, which is activated by myofibroblasts, and of EMMPRIN (extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer) as a precursor of this MMP. The sample consisted of 20 solid ameloblastomas, 10 unicystic ameloblastomas, 20 odontogenic keratocysts, and 20 adenomatoid odontogenic tumors. For evaluation of myofibroblasts, anti- -SMA-immunoreactive cells were quantified in connective tissue close to the epithelium. Immunoexpression of TGF-1, IFN-, MMP-13 and EMMPRIN was evaluated in the epithelial and connective tissue components, attributing scores of 0 to 4. The results showed a higher concentration of myofibroblasts in solid ameloblastomas (mean of 30.55), followed by odontogenic keratocysts (22.50), unicystic ameloblastomas (20.80), and adenomatoid odontogenic tumors (19.15) (p=0.001). No significant correlation between TGF-1 and IFN- was observed during the process of myofibroblast differentiation. There was also no correlation between the quantity of myofibroblasts and MMP-13 expression. Significant correlations were found between MMP-13 and TGF-1 (r=0.087; p=0.011), between MMP- 13 and IFN- (r=0.348; p=0.003), as well as between EMMPRIN and MMP-13 (r=0.474; p<0.001) and between EMMPRIN and IFN- (r=0.393; p=0.001). The higher quantity of myofibroblasts observed in solid ameloblastomas, odontogenic keratocysts and unicystic ameloblastomas suggests that these cells are one of the factors responsible for the more aggressive biological behavior of these tumors, although the myofibroblast population was not correlated with TGF-1, IFN-, MMP-13 or EMMPRIN. The correlation between MMP- 13 and TGF-1 suggests that the latter induces the expression of this metalloproteinase. The present results also support the well-established role of EMMPRIN as an inducer of MMP-13. Furthermore, the relationship between EMMPRIN and IFN- and between MMP-13 and IFN- suggests synergism in the antifibrotic effect of these markers / Os miofibroblastos s?o c?lulas que apresentam um fen?tipo h?brido exibindo caracter?sticas morfol?gicas de fibroblastos e de c?lulas musculares lisas, sendo a aquisi??o de tal fen?tipo denominada diferencia??o, passando ent?o a expressar a -SMA, a qual ? importante na identifica??o dessas c?lulas. Estudos t?m sugerido que os miofibroblastos apresentam rela??o com a agressividade de diversas les?es e que o seu processo de diferencia??o estaria relacionado ? express?o do TGF- 1 e do IFN- atuando, respectivamente, no est?mulo e na inibi??o dessa diferencia??o. O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar o papel dos miofibroblastos em les?es odontog?nicas epiteliais, relacionando-os ? agressividade das les?es e analisar por meio da imuno-histoqu?mica, a express?o do TGF- 1 e IFN- no processo de diferencia??o, al?m da an?lise da MMP-13 que ? ativada por miofibroblastos e do indutor de metaloproteinases de matriz (EMMPRIN) como precursor desta MMP. A amostra foi constitu?da por 20 ameloblastomas s?lidos, 10 ameloblastomas unic?sticos, 20 ceratocistos odontog?nicos e 20 tumores odontog?nicos adenomat?ides. Para a avalia??o dos miofibroblastos, foram quantificadas as c?lulas imunorreativas ao anticorpo - SMA presentes no tecido conjuntivo, pr?ximo ao tecido epitelial. As express?es de TGF- 1, IFN- , MMP-13 e EMMPRIN, foram avaliadas no componente epitelial e no conjuntivo, estabelecendo-se o percentual de imunorreatividade e atribuindo-se escores de 0 a 4. A an?lise dos miofibroblastos evidenciou maior concentra??o nos ameloblastomas s?lidos (m?dia de 30,55), seguido pelos ceratocistos odontog?nicos (22,50), ameloblastomas unic?sticos (20,80) e tumores odontog?nicos adenomat?ides (19,15) com valor de p= 0,001. N?o foi encontrada correla??o significativa entre TGF- 1 e IFN- no processo de diferencia??o dos miofibroblastos, bem como na rela??o entre a quantidade de miofibroblastos e a express?o da MMP-13. Constatou-se, correla??o estat?stica entre MMP-13 e TGF- 1 (r= 0,087; p= 0,011) al?m de significante correla??o entre MMP-13 e IFN- (r=0,348; p=0,003). Entre EMMPRIN e MMP-13 verificou-se signific?ncia (r= 0,474; p<0,001) assim como entre EMMPRIN e IFN- (r=0,393; p=0,001). A maior quantidade de miofibroblastos evidenciada nos ameloblastomas s?lidos, ceratocistos odontog?nicos e ameloblastomas unic?sticos sugere que estas c?lulas podem ser um dos fatores respons?veis para um comportamento biol?gico mais agressivo destas les?es, embora a popula??o de miofibroblastos n?o tenha apresentado correla??o com TGF- - 1, IFN- ,MMP-13 e EMMPRIN. Quanto a correla??o evidenciada entre MMP-13 e TGF- 1, isto pode sugerir um papel indutor do TGF- 1 para a express?o da MMP-13, assim como os resultados deste estudo refor?am a rela??o bem estabelecida do EMMPRIN como indutor da MMP-13. Constatou-se tamb?m rela??o entre EMMPRIN e IFN- assim como entre MMP-13 e IFN- sugerindo, dessa forma, um sinergismo na a??o anti-fibr?tica desses marcadores

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MarceloBN.pdf: 1368278 bytes, checksum: e9f6ea9d9353cb33144a3fc036bd57dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This work proposes a method to localize a simple humanoid robot, without embedded sensors, using images taken from an extern camera and image processing techniques. Once the robot is localized relative to the camera, supposing we know the position of the camera relative to the world, we can compute the position of the robot relative to the world. To make the camera move in the work space, we will use another mobile robot with wheels, which has a precise locating system, and will place the camera on it. Once the humanoid is localized in the work space, we can take the necessary actions to move it. Simultaneously, we will move the camera robot, so it will take good images of the humanoid. The mainly contributions of this work are: the idea of using another mobile robot to aid the navigation of a humanoid robot without and advanced embedded electronics; chosing of the intrinsic and extrinsic calibration methods appropriated to the task, especially in the real time part; and the collaborative algorithm of simultaneous navigation of the robots / Este trabalho prop?e um m?todo para localizar um rob? human?ide simples, sem sensores embarcados, utilizando imagens obtidas por uma c?mera externa e t?cnicas de processamento de imagens. Localizando o rob? em rela??o ? c?mera, e supondo conhecida a posi??o da c?mera em rela??o ao mundo, podemos determinar a posi??o do rob? human?ide em rela??o ao mundo. Para que a posi??o da c?mera n?o seja fixa, utilizamos um outro rob? m?vel com rodas, dotado de um sistema de localiza??o preciso, sobre o qual ser? colocada a c?mera. Uma vez que o human?ide seja localizado no ambiente de trabalho, podemos tomar as a??es necess?rias para realizar a sua movimenta??o. Simultaneamente, movimentamos o rob? que cont?m a c?mera, de forma que este tenha uma boa visada do human?ide. As principais contribui??es deste trabalho s?o: a id?ia de utilizar um segundo rob? m?vel para auxiliar a movimenta??o de um rob? human?ide sem eletr?nica embarcada avan?ada; a escolha de m?todos de calibra??o dos par?metros intr?nsecos e extr?nsecos da c?mera apropriados para a aplica??o em quest?o, especialmente na parte em tempo real; e o algoritmo colaborativo de movimenta??o simult?nea dos dois rob?s

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CyntiaCPC.pdf: 2470782 bytes, checksum: 4619c7ffcab85bffa54a732d30786d99 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-24 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Currently, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have effective participation in the growth of malignancies. Knowing that there are few studies involving BMPs and oral squamous cell carcinoma, this work constitutes an immunohistochemical study of BMP-2, BMPR IA and BMPR II in squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the lower lip relating to the clinical and pathological aspects of this lesion. The sample consisted of 40 cases of SCC of the lower lip, being 20 cases of SCC of the lower lip with regional metastasis and 20 cases without metastasis. We evaluated the intensity of expression (score 1 to mark absent / weak, score 2 for high ) and was found the percentage of labeled cells, where the score was 1 cases with 0 to 50% of positive cells, score 2 with 51 to 75% of positive cells, and score 3 more than 75% of positive cells. The sample comprised 72.5% of men with a mean age of 65.8 years, there was a predominance of stage II and 52.5% of the carcinomas were classified as low grade, being carcinoma with metastasis presenting most cases (70%) as carcinomas of high malignancy grade (p = 0.004). The largest number of cases of SCC of the lower lip that were in stages I / II (61, 9%) were classified as carcinomas of low grade malignancy and carcinomas in stages III / IV were classified as high-grade tumors (p = 0, 024). The BMP-2 showed strong intensity of immunostaining in 82.5%, BMPR-IA showed 55% of cases with an intensity of immunostaining absent / weak and BMPR-II showed 85% of cases with an intensity of immunostaining absent / weak. Only the protein BMPR-IA were significantly associated with all clinic-pathological parameters studied, metastasis (p <0.001), TNM (p <0.001) and histological grade of malignancy with (p = 0.028). The percentage of positive cells, all markers showed the highest number of cases with more than 75% of positive cells (score 3) and only BMPR-II showed statistical difference when related to the presence and absence of metastasis (p = 0.049 ). We conclude that there is disturbance in the BMP signaling pathway in EC-mediated lower lip and that high expression of BMP-2 associated with the expression of BMPR-IA and BMPR-II are associated with metastasis in carcinoma / Atualmente as prote?nas morfogen?ticas do osso (BMPs) t?m efetiva participa??o no crescimento de neoplasias malignas. Sabendo que s?o escassos os trabalhos envolvendo BMPs e o carcinoma epiderm?ide oral, este trabalho realizou um estudo imunoistoqu?mico da BMP-2, BMPR IA e BMPR II em carcinomas epiderm?ides (CE) de l?bio inferior relacionando com os aspectos clinico-patol?gicos desta les?o. A amostra constou de 40 casos de CE de l?bio inferior, sendo 20 casos de CE de l?bio inferior com met?stase linfonodal regional e 20 casos sem met?stase. A grada??o histol?gica de malignidade foi realizada no front invasivo da les?o. Foi avaliada a intensidade de express?o (escore 1 para marca??o ausente/ fraca e escore 2 para marca??o forte), bem como foi verificado a porcentagem de c?lulas positivas, onde o escore 1 era os casos com 0 a 50% das c?lulas positivas; escore 2 com 51 a 75% das c?lulas positivas; e escore 3 com mais de 75% das c?lulas positivas. A amostra foi composta por 72,5% de homens com a m?dia de idade de 65,8 anos, houve um predom?nio do est?gio II e 52,5% dos carcinomas foram classificados como de baixo grau, sendo os carcinomas com met?stase regional apresentando a maioria dos casos (70%) como carcinomas de alto grau de malignidade (p =0,004). O maior n?mero de casos de CE de l?bio inferior que estavam nos est?gios I/ II (61, 9%) foi classificado em carcinomas de baixo grau de malignidade e os carcinomas nos est?gios III/ IV foram classificados em alto grau de malignidade (p =0, 024). A BMP-2 apresentou intensidade da imunomarca??o forte em 82,5%, BMPR-IA observou-se 55% dos casos com intensidade de imunomarca??o ausente/ fraca e a BMPR-II revelou 85% dos casos com intensidade de imunomarca??o ausente/ fraca. Apenas a prote?na BMPR-IA apresentou associa??o estatisticamente significante com todos os par?metros clinico-patol?gicos estudados, met?stase (p<0,001), TNM (p<0,001) e grada??o histol?gica de malignidade com ( p=0,028). Quanto ? porcentagem de c?lulas positivas, todos os marcadores apresentaram o maior n?mero de casos com mais de 75% das c?lulas positivas (escore 3) e apenas a BMPR-II apresentou diferen?a estat?stica quando relacionada com a presen?a e aus?ncia de met?stase (p=0,049). Conclui-se que existe dist?rbio na via de sinaliza??o BMP-mediada no CE de l?bio inferior e que a alta express?o da BMP-2 associada com a express?o da BMPR-IA e BMPR-II est?o relacionadas com a met?stase neste carcinoma

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EdilmarMS_DISSERT.pdf: 790528 bytes, checksum: 570c185c018d55b199d467de6ca18465 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-09 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The most common malignant neoplasm of the oral cavity and oropharynx are squamous cell carcinoma. Injuries to the same stage and subjected to the same treatment protocol have sometimes different evolutionary courses. The scope of this study was to investigate, through a retrospective cohort, associations between the number of CD8 + T cells and natural killer, identified immunohistochemically in the inflammatory infiltrate in a series of cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma and orofaringeano, and the level of tumor response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, overall survival and relapse-free survival of patients. We identified 54 patients with unresectable disease were treated exclusively with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The median follow-up was 22 months. The sample was characterized by the predominance of male subjects, median age 60 years, all were smokers. The most frequent site was the tongue and 81.5% were in stage IV. Patients with disease in the oral cavity had a worse response to treatment (p = 0.006), worse relapse-free survival (p = 0.007), worse overall survival (p = 0.007). The advanced T stage was shown a negative prognostic factor (p= 0.006) for the clinical treatment response made. Immunohistochemistry was performed to select CD8 + cells (anti-CD8) and NK cells (anti-CD57). Lymphocytes positive and negative markings were counted using the program ImageJ ?. Two groups were created for each marking evaluated: Group I patients with more than 50% cells positive, Group II: less than 50% of labeled cells. For CD8 + cells detected in 38 (70.3%) of Group I were CD8 + and 16 (29.7%) Group II CD8 +. For NK cells, 26 (48.15%) Group I NK and 28 (51.85%) Group II NK. Regarding the clinical response to treatment, we observed that 39% of patients achieved a complete response and 25.9% remained without recurrence at the end of follow-up. These results were better in Group I CD8 + (p = 0.2). Identified that 72.2% of patients progressed to death, this finding had no association with the immunohistochemical data. There was no statistically significant differences between the number of CD8 + and NK cells and the ability of tumor response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or with overall survival and relapse-free survival of patients. However, especially in relation to a learned response, we found that this group of patients with advanced disease have a low count of CD8 + T cells active. Believing in the role that the immune response plays in the local fight against neoplastic cells, however, our results do not support the use of quantitative analysis of CD8 + T cells and NK cells as a prognostic factors for oral squamous cell carcinoma and oropharynx / A neoplasia maligna mais frequente da cavidade oral e da orofaringe ? o carcinoma epiderm?ide. Les?es com o mesmo estadiamento e submetidas ao mesmo protocolo terap?utico apresentam, por vezes, cursos evolutivos diferentes. O escopo do presente trabalho foi investigar, atrav?s de um coorte retrospectivo, associa??es entre a quantidade de c?lulas TCD8+ e natural killer, identificadas imuno-histoquimicamente no infiltrado inflamat?rio de uma s?rie de casos de carcinoma epiderm?ide oral e orofaringeano, e o n?vel de resposta tumoral ao tratamento radioter?pico e quimioter?pico, a sobrevida global e sobrevida livre de recidiva dos pacientes. Foram identificados 54 pacientes com doen?a irressec?vel, tratados exclusivamente com radioterapia e quimioterapia. A mediana de seguimento foi de 22 meses. A amostra se caracterizou pelo predom?nio de indiv?duos masculinos, com idade mediana de 60 anos; todos eram tabagistas. O s?tio mais frequente foi a l?ngua oral e 81,5% encontravam-se no est?dio IV. Os pacientes com doen?a na cavidade oral tiveram uma pior resposta ao tratamento (p=0,006), pior sobrevida livre de recidiva (p=0,007), pior sobrevida global (p=0,007). O est?dio T avan?ado se demonstrou um fator progn?stico negativo (p=0,006) para a resposta ao tratamento cl?nico efetuado. Foi realizada imuno-histoqu?mica para marcar c?lulas CD8+ (anti-CD8) e c?lulas NK (anti-CD57). Os linf?citos positivos e negativos para as marca??es foram contados atrav?s do programa ImageJ?. Dois grupos foram criados para cada marca??o avaliada: Grupo I: pacientes com mais de 50% das c?lulas positivas; Grupo II: menos de 50% das c?lulas marcadas. Para as c?lulas CD8+ detectamos que 38 (70,3%) eram do Grupo I CD8+ e 16 (29,7%) do Grupo II CD8+. Para as c?lulas NK, 26 (48,15%) Grupo I NK e 28 (51,85%) Grupo II NK. Em rela??o ? resposta cl?nica ao tratamento, observamos que 39% dos pacientes obtiveram resposta completa e 25,9% permaneceram sem recidiva ao final do seguimento. Esses resultados foram melhores no Grupo I CD8+ (p=0,2). Identificamos que 72,2% dos pacientes evolu?ram para o ?bito, esse achado n?o teve associa??o com os dados imuno-histoqu?micos. N?o se observou diferen?as estatisticamente significantes entre a quantidade de c?lulas CD8+ e NK e a capacidade de resposta tumoral ao tratamento radioter?pico e quimioter?pico, nem com a sobrevida global e sobrevida livre de recidiva dos pacientes. Contudo, principalmente em rela??o a resposta adquirida, detectamos que este grupo de pacientes com doen?a avan?ada tem uma baixa contagem de c?lulas TCD8+ ativas. Acreditando no papel fundamental que a resposta imune exerce no combate local ?s c?lulas neopl?sicas; no entanto, nossos resultados n?o suportam a utiliza??o da an?lise quantitativa das c?lulas TCD8+ e NK como um dos fatores progn?sticos para o carcinoma epiderm?ide oral e de orofaringe

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 KaruzaMAP.pdf: 544780 bytes, checksum: e0fadeed7d2d1ec7568970935306d05c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-22 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) has been strongly implicated on development of some cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, the immunological system somehow reacts against the presence of this virus. Among the cells involved on such mechanism of defense detaches the Langerhans cells (LC), which are responsible for processing and presenting antigens. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immunohistochemical reactivity for Langerhans cells between HPV positive and HPV negative OSCC, as well as, the relation of the immunoreactivity for this cells and the histological grading of malignancy proposed by Bryne (1998) and modified by Miranda (2002). Additionally, HPV infection was evaluated in relation to sex, age, lesion localization and histological grading of malignancy. In the total, 27 cases of OSSC were evaluated, 09 of them HPV positive and 18 HPV negative. Anti S-100 antibody was utilized for the immunohistochemical labelling, followed by the counting of LCs in 5 highpower fields (400x). No statistically significant difference was verified between the variables sex, age, lesion localization, histological grading of malignancy and HPV presence in OSSC. There was neither association between the immunohistochemical labeling for LCs (S-100+) and HPV infection nor correlation between the quantity of LCs labeled and the histological grading of malignancy of OSSC. The results suggest that despite the absence of statistically significant difference, the presence of HPV in such cases of OSCC can alter the immunological system, particularly the Langerhans cells / O Papilomav?rus Humano (HPV) tem sido implicado fortemente no desenvolvimento de alguns carcinomas epiderm?ides orais (CEOs). Contudo, o sistema imunol?gico reage de alguma forma ? presen?a desse v?rus. Dentre as c?lulas envolvidas nesse mecanismo de defesa, destaca-se a c?lula de Langerhans (CL), por serem c?lulas processadoras e apresentadoras de ant?genos. O objetivo desse estudo foi avaliar a marca??o imuno-histoqu?mica das c?lulas de Langerhans entre os casos de CEOs HPV positivos e negativos, bem como a rela??o da imunomarca??o dessas c?lulas e a grada??o histol?gica de malignidade proposta por Bryne (1998) e modificada por Miranda (2002). Adicionalmente, a infec??o pelo HPV foi estudada com rela??o ao sexo, idade, localiza??o da les?o e a grada??o histol?gica de malignidade. Foram analisados 27 casos de CEOs, sendo 09 destes HPV positivos e 18 casos negativos. Para a marca??o imuno-histoqu?mica utilizou-se o anticorpo anti S-100, sendo as CLs quantificadas em 5 campos de maior aumento (400x). A an?lise estat?stica revelou n?o existir rela??o das vari?veis, sexo, idade, localiza??o da les?o e grada??o histol?gica, com a presen?a do HPV nos CEOs estudados. N?o existiu associa??o entre a marca??o imuno-histoqu?mica das CLs(S-100+) e a infec??o pelo HPV, e tamb?m n?o houve correla??o entre as CLs imunomarcadas e a grada??o histol?gica nos casos de CEOs analisados. Diante desses resultados, pode-se sugerir que mesmo n?o havendo diferen?a significativa, a presen?a do HPV nos casos de carcinoma epiderm?ide oral pode alterar o sistema imune, particularmente as c?lulas de Langerhans

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:32:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoAVGF.pdf: 1413564 bytes, checksum: f5d8ea2da8907cd551169a4091430007 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-17 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm in the oral cavity, accounting for more than 90% of all malignancies in this location. Cyclooxygenases (COX s) are key enzymes on arachidonic acid metabolism and prostaglandin synthesis, being expressed basically in two forms: the constitutive (COX-1) and the inducible (COX-2). Increased levels on the expression of COX-2 have been implicated in the pathogenesis tumor progression of various forms of human cancer, including oral squamous cell carcinoma, some of what suggesting a possible interaction between COX-2 and the protein expressed by the tumor suppressor gene p53, mutated in more than 50% of all human cancers. The mean of the present research consisted in analyze the correlation between the expression of COX-2 and p53, at the protein level, as well as evaluate the difference on the expression of these two proteins with the histological grading of malignancy. 34 cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma were selected and graded according to the histological grading system proposed by Bryne (1998) and the labeling indexes (LI s) for COX-2 and p53 evaluated using immunohistochemistry method. The results revealed that COX-2 was expressed in increased levels in most of the specimens, although there was no statistic significant correlation between LI s from COX-2 and p53 (p>0.05), and there were no statistical differences on the expression of these proteins between tumors of high and low grade of malignancy (p>0.05). Interestingly, the expression of COX-2 and p53 was detected in fragments of dysplastic oral epithelium adjacent to tumor areas, on basal and suprabasal layers. The absence of statistical correlation between the expression of COX-2 and p53 proteins do not rule ot the existence of a relation between them, were it may reflect the diversity of regulatory pathways between both, different direct and indirect inhibitory effects of COX-2 over p53, as well as the wide range of activation macheenisms for COX-2 and mutational status of the p53 gene Another conclusion point that the increased expression of COX-2 observed in oral squamous cell carcinomas suggest a role for this protein in the processes of pathogenesis and tumoral evolution of this malignant neoplasm / O carcinoma epiderm?ide ? a neoplasia maligna mais comum na cavidade oral, representando mais de 90% das malignidades nesta localiza??o. As cicloxigenases (COX s) s?o enzimas chave no metabolismo do ?cido aracd?nico e s?ntese de prostaglandinas, sendo expressas basicamente sob duas formas: uma constitutiva (COX-1) e uma induzida (COX-2). N?veis elevados na express?o da COX-2 t?m sido implicados na patog?nese e progress?o tumoral em diversos tipos de c?ncer em humanos, incluindo o carcinoma epiderm?ide oral, alguns dos quais sugerindo uma poss?vel intera??o entre a COX-2 e a prote?na expressa pelo gene supressor tumoral p53, mutado em mais de 50% de todos c?nceres humanos. O prop?sito da presente pesquisa consistiu em analisar a correla??o entre a express?o de COX-2 e p53, em n?vel de prote?na, bem como avaliar a diferen?a na express?o destas duas prote?nas em rela??o ao grau histol?gico de malignidade. Para tal, foram selecionados 34 casos de carcinoma epiderm?ide oral, os quais foram classificados de acordo com o sistema de grada??o histol?gica de malignidade proposto por Bryne (1998) e cujos ?ndices de positividade para COX-2 e p53 foram avaliados atrav?s da t?cnica imuno-histoqu?mica. O resultados revelaram que a COX-2 esteve expressa em n?veis elevados na maior parte dos esp?cimes analisados, embora n?o se tenha verificado correla??o estatisticamente significativa entre os IP s da COX-2 e da p53 (p>0,05), tampouco diferen?a estatisticamente significativa entre a express?o destas prote?nas entre tumores de alto e baixo grau de malignidade (p>0,05). Interessantemente, foi detectada a express?o da COX-2 e da p53 em fragmentos de epit?lio oral displ?sico, nas camadas basal e parabasal, adjacentes ao tumor. A aus?ncia de correla??o estat?stica entre a express?o das prote?nas COX-2 e p53 n?o descarta a exist?ncia de uma rela??o entre as mesmas, podendo refletir a diversidade de vias regulat?rias entre ambas, os diferentes efeitos inibit?rios diretos e indiretos da COX-2 sobre a p53, bem como os in?meros mecanismos de ativa??o da COX-2 e o estado mutacional do gene p53. Conclui-se ainda que a elevada express?o da COX-2 observada em carcinomas epiderm?ides orais sugere um papel desta prote?na dentro dos processos de patog?nese e evolu??o tumoral desta neoplasia maligna