Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-102).

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of South Florida, 2007. / Title from PDF of title page. Document formatted into pages; contains 147 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karolinska institutet, 2005. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2006 / Typescript (photocopy)

Orientador: Célio Percinoto / Banca: Elisa Maria Aparecida Giro / Banca: Marcelo José Strazzeri Bönecker / Banca: Robson Frederico Cunha / Banca: Alberto Carlos Botazzo Delbem / Resumo: A necessidade de melhorar a qualidade dos materiais utilizados no tratamento endodôntico tem estimulado o estudo de vários materiais buscando melhores condições de trabalho, biocompatibilidade e capacidade de estimular a mineralização dos tecidos. Este trabalho teve a finalidade de avaliar a capacidade de mineralização do MTA, Sealapex e Sealapex plus (combinação entre MTA e Sealapex) usando o implante de tubos de dentina preenchidos com os materiais em tecido subcutâneo de ratos e a citotoxicidade e a produção de citocinas (IL-1β e IL-6) por fibroblastos de camundongos estimulados por estes cimentos. Para avaliação da capacidade de mineralização foram utilizados 32 ratos, os quais receberam individualmente dois implantes de tubos de dentina contendo os cimentos ou tubos vazios que serviram de controle. Os períodos de avaliação foram 7 e 30 dias. Após cada período experimental, quatro animais foram sacrificados e os tubos de dentina juntamente com o tecido que o circunda foram removidos, fixados e processados para análise em microscopia óptica. As peças foram incluídas em uma mistura de parafina e cera de carnaúba (5%). As secções foram feitas seriadamente com 10mm de espessura e foram coradas de acordo com a técnica Von Kossa ou permaneceram sem coloração para serem visualizadas sob luz polarizada em microscópio óptico. Os critérios de avaliação foram: cápsula fibrosa fina quando < 150μm e espessa quando > 150μm. Necrose e calcificação foram registradas como presente ou ausente. Os resultados foram analisados estatisticamente pelo teste Qui-quadrado. A formação de tecido mineralizado e granulações birrefringentes à luz polarizada foram observadas em todos os materiais nos tempos de 7 e 30 dias. Para o teste de citotoxicidade foram utilizados fibroblastos de camundongos (L929) que foram incubados em placas... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The quality improvement of the endodontic materials is a need that has been stimulating the study of several materials aiming better work conditions, biocompatibility and mineralized tissue stimulation ability. The present work aimed to evaluate the mineralization ability of MTA, Sealapex and Sealapex plus (combination between MTA and Sealapex) using the implant of dentin tubes filled with the materials into the subcutaneous tissue of rats, the cytotoxicity, and cytokines production (IL-1β and IL-6) by fibroblasts stimulated by the materials. Thirty two rats were used for the tissue reaction test which received two implants of dentine tubes filled with the materials or empty tubes were used as control. The periods of evaluation were 7 and 30 days. After each period of evaluation, four animals were killed and the tubes and the surrounding tissue were removed, fixed and processed to be evaluated in optic microscope. The specimens were embedded in a mixture of paraffin and carnauba wax (5%). The sections were serially cut with 10mm and stained with Von Kossa or remained without staining to be evaluated under polarized light. The evaluation criteria were: fibrous capsule thin < 150 μm and thick > 150 μm. Necrosis and calcification were recorded as present or absent. The results were statistically analyzed using Qui-square test. Mineralization and birrefringent granulations to polarized light were observed with all materials and in both periods of observation. For the cytotoxicity test, fibroblasts from mice (L929) were incubated in 24 well plates and stimulated with polyethylene tubes filled with the materials. Cells cultured without the materials stimulation were used as control. After 24 hours of stimulation, the cytotoxicity was evaluated using the reduction colorimetric test (MTT). The results were analyzed using ANOVA and Bonferroni's correction... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

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The immunological mechanisms involved in virus-induced hepatitis were examined by measuring the cytotoxic capabilities and the morphological and antigenic phenotypes of leukocytes isolated from the livers of virus-infected mice. Large granular lymphocytes (LGL) of both natural killer (NK) cell and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) phenoytpes [phenotypes] accumulated in livers of mice infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) of either the nonhepatotropic Armstrong strain (LCMV-ARM) or the hepatotropic WE strain (LCMV-WE). NK cell activity and LGL number increased 3- to 4-fold between days 1 and 5 postinfection (p.i.). These LGL were characterized as NK cells on the basis of cell surface antigens, kinetics of appearance, target cell range, and morphology. By day 7 p.i., virus-specific, H-2-restricted, Thy-1+, Lyt-2+CTL activity was present in the liver, and its appearance correlated with a second wave of LGL accumulation. Total CTL activity, leukocyte numbers, and CTL/LGL numbers were at least 5-fold higher in the livers of LCMV-WE-infected mice than in the livers of LCMV-ARM-infected mice. Mice infected with the cytopathic viruses, mouse hepatitis virus and murine cytomegalovirus, experienced greater increases in NK/LGL by day 3 p.i. than did mice either infected with LCMV or injected with poly I:C. The early and late accumulations of LGL in the virus-infected liver were associated with the appearance of two waves of LGL with blast cell morphology expressing the phenotypes of NK cells and CTL, respectively. Thus, the organ-associated accumulation, blastogenesis, and in situ proliferation of cytotoxic LGL provide a means for the localization and site-specific augmentation of a host's cell-mediated antiviral defenses. The mechanism of inhibition of virus synthesis in vivo by immune splenocytes containing virus-specific CTL was examined in mice dually infected with two different viruses and then adoptively immunized with spleen cells immune to one of the two viruses. Only the titer of the virus to which the splenocytes were immune was reduced in titer, and no nonspecific antiviral effect was seen on the titer of the 'bystander' heterologous virus. These data are consistent with an in vivo mechanism of CTL-mediated antiviral resistance involving direct cytotoxicity rather than release and dissemination of antigen-nonspecific antiviral factors, such as interferon, following recognition of appropriate viral antigen.

A ingestão de lipídios e seus constituintes, os ácidos graxos, são essenciais na manutenção do crescimento, na eficiência alimentar, na higidez do organismo, no funcionamento adequado dos rins e das brânquias e na reprodução. Este estudo visa identificar a influência exercida pelos lipídios dietéticos sobre as variáveis hematológicas e desempenho imunológico de pacus Piaractus mesopotamicus expostos à ação bacteriana. Juvenis de pacu (14,4 ± 0,4g) foram alimentados com dietas contendo níveis crescentes (20, 40, 60, 80, 100%) de óleo de linhaça (OL), óleo de girassol (OG) e sebo bovino (SB), ricas em ômega-3, ômega-6 e gordura saturada, respectivamente e, posteriormente, comparadas a uma dieta isenta destas fontes e a uma ração comercial. Os resultados obtidos foram submetidos a uma análise das variâncias, rearranjados em grupos e analisados sob o teste de Dunnett. Os níveis dietéticos de 20% de óleo de linhaça, 80% de óleo de girassol ou 80% de sebo bovino condicionaram as melhores taxas de desempenho zootécnico; o uso de 80% de óleo de girassol foi o mais adequado para ganho de peso (67,51±4,950g), taxa de conversão alimentar (1,05±0,088) e taxa de crescimento específico (2,19±0,085%), assim como para o aumento no número de linfócitos (1.964,13 ± 413,550), concomitante ao aumento dos leucócitos (1.986,00 ± 256,700), o que conferiu maior resistência aos animais, quando expostos à bactéria Aeromonas hydrophila. / The intake of lipids and its components, the fatty acids, are essential for proper growth, feed efficiency, health, appropriate kidney and gills function and reproduction performance. This study aims at identifying effects of dietary lipids on hematological variables and immunological performance of pacu Piaractus mesopotamicus exposed to bacterial challenges. Performance of juvenile pacu (14.4 ± 0.4 g) fed a diet with increasing levels (20, 40, 60, 80, 100 %) of linseed oil (LO); sunflower oil (80) and beef tallow (BT), rich in omega-3, omega-6 fatty acids, and saturated fat, respectively, was contrasted to the performance of fish fed diets containing soybean oil as lipid source, and a commercial aquafeed. Recorded results were subjected to ANOVA, grouped and submitted to Dunnett\'s test. Dietary levels of 20 % LO, 80% 80 or 80% beef tallow yielded the best growth performance; fish fed 80% 80 had the best weight gain (67.51 ± 4.95 g), best feed conversion ratio (1.05 :t 0.10), specific growth rate (2.10 ± 0.10 %), and also increased number of Iymphocytes (1,964.13 ± 413.55) concomitantly to increased number of leukocytes (1,986.00 ± 256.70), which also elicited the best immunological performance to fish challenged with Aeromonas hydrophila.

As células dendríticas (DCs) são as principais células apresentadoras de antígeno do sistema imune. No entanto, trabalhos têm demonstrado seu envolvimento na manutenção da tolerância imunológica. As células T CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ possuem a capacidade de suprimir respostas imunes. Neste estudo avaliamos as alterações ocorridas na população de células T CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ após co-cultura de células de linfonodo com DCs. Nossos resultados demonstram que após a co-cultura há um aumento da população de células CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ de maneira independente do estado de ativação das DCs ou da presença de antígenos exógenos. No entanto, o aumento observado é maior quando DCs imaturas são incubadas com antígenos exógenos. Notamos ainda que há presença de TGF-ß em todas as condições experimentais em que observamos aumento da população de células CD4+CD25+Foxp3+. Nossos dados sugerem ainda que este aumento se deve à proliferação das células T CD4+CD25+Foxp3+. / Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most important antigen-presenting cells of the immune system. However, DCs have also been implicated in maintaining immunologic tolerance. CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T lymphocytes are known as cells with regulatory properties. In this study we evaluated the changes in the CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cell population after co-culture of lymph-node cells with DCs. Our results show an increase in the CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cell population after co-culture and occurs regardless of the activation state of DCs and the presence of exogenous antigens; however it is greater when immature DCs are previously pulsed with exogenous antigen. We also noticed that TGF-? is present in all cultures conditions in which the CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cell population increases. Our data also suggests that the increase of the CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cell population may be due to the proliferation of these cells.