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Sousa M, Cunha M, Pereira M, Silva J, Gonçalves A, Viana P, Barros N, Pinto S, Geraldo M, Silva JTD, Oliveira C, Xavier P, Ferraz L, Juan A, Barros A. P-064 Clinical outcomes of 127 patients with recurrent implantation failure treated with testicular sperm aspiration (TESA). Hum Reprod 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac107.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
Are the embryological, clinical and newborn outcomes using aspirated testicular sperm improved in cases with recurrent implantation failure previously treated with ejaculated sperm?
Summary answer
Aspirated testicular sperm enabled to obtain significant higher embryological, clinical and newborn outcomes in cases with recurrent implantation failure previously treated with ejaculated sperm.
What is known already
High levels of sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) were associated to poor clinical outcomes (1-Simon et al., 2017). Testicular sperm display lower SDF than ejaculated sperm (2-Sakas and Alvarez, 2010), improving clinical outcomes in cases with abnormal semen parameters (3-Awaga et al., 2018; 4-Kang et al., 2018), recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and pregnancy loss (RPL) (5-Esteves et al., 2017), and elevated SDF (6-Ambar et al., 2021). As only a few studies are specifically dedicated to RIF, we expanded the number of cases and first provided full demographic, stimulation, embryological, clinical and newborn outcomes.
References
1-(https://doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.182822);
2-(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.046);
3-(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.08.017);
4-(https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26280-0);
5-(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.06.018);
6-(https://doi.org/10.5534/wjmh.200084
Study design, size, duration
We retrospectively evaluated during consecutive years (2010-2020) 63 patients with recurrent implantation failure, which accepted to perform testicular sperm aspiration (TESA) as an alternative treatment. These patients presented a long history of failed treatments (153 cycles) using ejaculated sperm. From these cycles, no pregnancy ensued. The present study compares 127 treatment cycles, 80 with testicular sperm (17 cases repeated TESA) and 47 with ejaculated sperm from the same patients performed at the present IVF clinic.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Patients were screened for karyotype abnormalities, for Y-chromosome microdeletions (7-Gonçalves et al., 2016), and for SDF with the TUNEL assay (8-Sá et al., 2015). Conventional semen analysis was performed according to World Health Organization guidelines (9-WHO, 2010). Male evaluation and TESA was performed by the same experienced urologist (LF) according to established protocols (10-Madureira et al 2014). The procedure was performed entirely on an outpatient basis, with no complications reported.
References
7-(https://doi.org/10.4103/1008-682X.172827);
8-(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2015.06.019);
9-(https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/44261);
10-(https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2047-2927.2014.00231.x).
Main results and the role of chance
The mean ages were 35.5±3.4 (26-42)-female and 38.1±5.7 (29-59)-male. There were 4 abnormal karyotypes (3-female, 1-male), all without known relevance. Most cases had asthenozoospermia and teratozoospermia (65.1%), or oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (41.8%). Of the 19 cases with <5M/ml, none presented Y-chromosome microdeletions. Although we do not routinely perform SDF testing, 15 patients had previous SDF values (12, >20%; 8, >36%). Female basal characteristics and testicular evaluation were under normal values. The TESA procedure took about 15-20 min, and the time of laboratorial search around 30-60 min. Cases using testicular sperm showed significant higher rates of fertilization (64% vs 73%-p=0.005), blastocyst development (47% vs 62%-p=0.010), implantation (6% vs 27%-p=0.000), clinical pregnancy (10% vs 39%-p=0.001), live birth delivery (5% vs 28%-p=0.005) and newborn (5% vs 32%-p=0.000) than ejaculated sperm. No significant differences were observed regarding the rates of embryo cleavage (95% vs 94.8%) and high quality embryos (89.4% vs 94%), in the mean number of transferred embryos (1.8±0.4 vs 1.9±0.4), or in the abortion rate (2 cases-50% vs 7 cases-25.9%). Cases using testicular sperm had 22 frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles, enabling per initiated cycle a cumulative pregnancy rate of 45%, live birth delivery rate of 31.3% and newborn rate of 37.5% (32 newborn).
Limitations, reasons for caution
Although presenting the higher number of cycles using TESA in the treatment of RIF, this number needs to be increased for drawing more definitive conclusions, as these women present a diversity of conditions, rendering subgrouping difficult. In the future, it would also be important to evaluate SDF in all cases.
Wider implications of the findings
In conclusion, the present results gave further evidence for the superiority of using testicular sperm instead of ejaculated sperm in cases with recurrent implantation failure. Data also evidences the security of using testicular sperm aspiration, as there were no pregnancy or delivery complications, or congenital anomalies among the 32 newborn.
Trial registration number
Not Applicable
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Affiliation(s)
- M Sousa
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar- University of Porto- Unit for Multidisciplinary Investigation in Biomedicine UMIB-- ITR - Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health, Laboratory of Cell Biology- Department
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Embryology , Porto, Portugal
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar- University of Porto UP- Unit for Multidisciplinary Investigation in Biomedicine UMIB, Laboratory of Cell Biology- Department of Microscopy , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Embryology , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Andrology , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Embryology , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Embryology , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Embryology , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Embryology , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF Clinician-Gynecology & Obstetrics , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Clinician-Gynecology & Obstetrics , Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, IVF-Clinician-Gynecology & Obstetrics , Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Urology- Hospital Eduardo Santos Silva- Hospital Centre of Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, IVF-Clinician-Urology & Andrology , Porto, Portugal
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- Center of Male Infertility- ANDROGEN, IVF-Clinician-Gynecology & Obstetrics , La Coruna, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine- University of Porto- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros- Institute of Health Research and Innovation IPATIMUP/i3S- University of Porto, Department of Genetics-Director- IVF Clinic-Director , Porto, Portugal
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Xavier P, Galamba N. Effect of urea on the hydration and aggregation of hydrophobic and amphiphilic solute models: Implications to protein aggregation. J Chem Phys 2021; 155:144501. [PMID: 34654309 DOI: 10.1063/5.0064707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Despite the emergence of a molecular picture of urea's protein unfolding mechanism in the past few decades, less is known about its action mechanism on protein aggregation. This is especially relevant for understanding the aggregation of amyloid proteins and peptides, implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases. While urea is believed to weaken the hydrophobic effect, a picture consistent with the decrease in the excess chemical potential of sufficiently large alkanes, interactions with protein polar side chains and backbone atoms are also important. Here, we study, through molecular dynamics, the hydration and aggregation of several alkanes and amphiphilic "mutants" of n-dodecane, in an 8M aqueous urea solution, aiming at getting insight into urea's mode of action. A size-dependent crossover temperature is found, above which the hydration of the alkanes is favored in the aqueous urea solution. The hydration of the alkanes is enhanced via entropy, with the enthalpy opposing hydration, consistent with experiments. The reason is that although solute-solvent interactions are favorable, these are overwhelmed by urea-water and urea-urea interactions. In contrast, water-water interactions and entropy are favored by a water depletion around the solute and a reduced water depletion around methane explains its exceptional solubility decrease. Furthermore, we show that while urea favors the hydration of n-dodecane and the amphiphilic mutants, it slightly enhances and reduces, respectively, the aggregation of the alkanes and the amphiphilic mutants. Thus, opposite to the common view, our results show that urea does not necessarily weaken hydrophobic interactions despite solvation being favored.
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- P Xavier
- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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Martins M, Fernandes J, Pedro J, Barros A, Xavier P. P–473 Should couples be educated on how to try to conceive (TTC) before an infertility diagnosis? A comparative study of fertile, subfertile and infertile couples. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab130.472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Study question
What sexual strategies do individuals TTC with different fertility status use?; What are the predictors of sexual dysfunction(SD) and frequency of intercourse(IF) when TTC? Summary answer: TTC strategies with no evidence of effectiveness are the most used. Poor marital quality predicted SD, and female SD was a significant predictor of IF.
What is known already
It is well known that couples TTC have low fecundity knowledge. Previous evidence showed that after 12 months the frequency of intercourse decreases. After seeing a fertility specialist couples report a feeling of waiting time by attempting natural conception, which can be associated to evidence of an overestimation and excessive confidence in the success of fertility treatments. Existing guidelines recommend intercourse every other day, but no comparative studies exist up to date on what sexual strategies are used in different fertility status and what are the predictors of sexual frequency and sexual dysfunction when trying to conceive.
Study design, size, duration
This study is part of a randomized controlled trial on the effects of timed intercourse in psychosocial outcomes. Data was collected between July 2016 and November 2019 via an advertising strategy and obstetrics/gynecology centers. Inclusion criteria were: i) adult in a marital/cohabitation heterosexual relationship >1 year; ii) not knowing of any condition that can prevent pregnancy; iii) being actively TTC; iv) female age >22<42 years old; v) no previous children. Measurements were carried out online.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Our final sample had 399 subjects (252 women). Participants rated the use of the following strategies: intercourse every other day (EOD), fertile week (FW), basal temperature, cervical mucus monitoring (CMM), ovulation predictor kits (OPK), and keeping legs elevated afterwards (EL). We also accessed psychological adjustment, relationship quality, SD and IF. Comparisons between groups were made by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square tests, and logistic regression was used to determine predictors of SD and IF.
Main results and the role of chance
Participants were highly educated (72,8%), in the relationship for 9 years (±5.2), cohabitating for 5 (±3.6), and TTC for 2,5 years (range 0–16). Women were 33 years old (±4.4) and men 36 (±5.5). Regarding fertility status, 22.6% of participants were TTC <12 months, 22.8% >12 months but not diagnosed, 23.6% had a diagnosis but no treatment, and 31.1% had ART. The most reported female strategy in all groups was EL, and the most never used was OPK. Differences were found in EOD, with significantly more women TTC <12 months that never used it, and more women with previous ART using it. Women who had ART are the ones who more frequently use FW and CMM comparing to other women (P>.05). In all groups, the majority reported IF once or twice/week. SD was found in 17.5% of women and 10,9% of men. Age (OR 0.91, 95%CI 0.85–0.97) and SD (OR 2.47, 95%CI 1.02–6.02) were the only predictors of low IF for women, with no significant findings for men. Poor relationship quality increased the risk of SD for both men (OR 0.11, 95%CI 0.03–0.40) and women (OR 0.46, 95%CI 0.03–0.40), and depression increased the risk of female SD (OR 1.24, 95%CI 1.06–0.46).
Limitations, reasons for caution
The cross-sectional nature of this study does not allow causal relationships to be determined. Further cohort studies allowing to assess differences as couples cross different fertility status are warranted. There are important predictors of SD that were not considered, specifically the comorbidity of diseases and pain.
Wider implications of the findings: Findings indicate that individuals TTC are misinformed, and that those using evidence-based sexual strategies are fertility patients. SD should be screened in patients TTC given that it might be an important predictor of IF. Couples might benefit from counselling to improve marital quality and consequently sexual functioning.
Trial registration number
NCT028140069
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- M Martins
- University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Porto, Portugal
- University of Porto, Centre for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Porto, Portugal
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- University of Porto, Centre for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, n.a., Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, n.a., Porto, Portugal
- University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine., Porto, Portugal
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- University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal
- Porto Clínica, Reproductive Medicine, Porto, Portugal
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Martins M, Fernandes J, Pedro J, Barros A, Xavier P. P-473 Should couples be educated on how to try to conceive (TTC) before an infertility diagnosis? A comparative study of fertile, subfertile and infertile couples. Hum Reprod 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab127.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Study question
What sexual strategies do individuals TTC with different fertility status use?; What are the predictors of sexual dysfunction(SD) and frequency of intercourse(IF) when TTC?
Summary answer
TTC strategies with no evidence of effectiveness are the most used. Poor marital quality predicted SD, and female SD was a significant predictor of IF.
What is known already
It is well known that couples TTC have low fecundity knowledge. Previous evidence showed that after 12 months the frequency of intercourse decreases. After seeing a fertility specialist couples report a feeling of waiting time by attempting natural conception, which can be associated to evidence of an overestimation and excessive confidence in the success of fertility treatments. Existing guidelines recommend intercourse every other day, but no comparative studies exist up to date on what sexual strategies are used in different fertility status and what are the predictors of sexual frequency and sexual dysfunction when trying to conceive.
Study design, size, duration
This study is part of a randomized controlled trial on the effects of timed intercourse in psychosocial outcomes. Data was collected between July 2016 and November 2019 via an advertising strategy and obstetrics/gynecology centers. Inclusion criteria were: i) adult in a marital/cohabitation heterosexual relationship >1 year; ii) not knowing of any condition that can prevent pregnancy; iii) being actively TTC; iv) female age >22<42 years old; v) no previous children. Measurements were carried out online.
Participants/materials, setting, methods
Our final sample had 399 subjects (252 women). Participants rated the use of the following strategies: intercourse every other day (EOD), fertile week (FW), basal temperature, cervical mucus monitoring (CMM), ovulation predictor kits (OPK), and keeping legs elevated afterwards (EL). We also accessed psychological adjustment, relationship quality, SD and IF. Comparisons between groups were made by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Chi-square tests, and logistic regression was used to determine predictors of SD and IF.
Main results and the role of chance
Participants were highly educated (72,8%), in the relationship for 9 years (±5.2), cohabitating for 5 (±3.6), and TTC for 2,5 years (range 0-16). Women were 33 years old (±4.4) and men 36 (±5.5). Regarding fertility status, 22.6% of participants were TTC <12 months, 22.8% >12 months but not diagnosed, 23.6% had a diagnosis but no treatment, and 31.1% had ART.
The most reported female strategy in all groups was EL, and the most never used was OPK. Differences were found in EOD, with significantly more women TTC <12 months that never used it, and more women with previous ART using it. Women who had ART are the ones who more frequently use FW and CMM comparing to other women (P>.05). In all groups, the majority reported IF once or twice/week. SD was found in 17.5% of women and 10,9% of men. Age (OR 0.91, 95%CI 0.85-0.97) and SD (OR 2.47, 95%CI 1.02-6.02) were the only predictors of low IF for women, with no significant findings for men. Poor relationship quality increased the risk of SD for both men (OR 0.11, 95%CI 0.03-0.40) and women (OR 0.46, 95%CI 0.03-0.40), and depression increased the risk of female SD (OR 1.24, 95%CI 1.06-0.46).
Limitations, reasons for caution
The cross-sectional nature of this study does not allow causal relationships to be determined. Further cohort studies allowing to assess differences as couples cross different fertility status are warranted. There are important predictors of SD that were not considered, specifically the comorbidity of diseases and pain.
Wider implications of the findings
Findings indicate that individuals TTC are misinformed, and that those using evidence-based sexual strategies are fertility patients. SD should be screened in patients TTC given that it might be an important predictor of IF. Couples might benefit from counselling to improve marital quality and consequently sexual functioning.
Trial registration number
NCT028140069
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Affiliation(s)
- M Martins
- University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Porto, Portugal
- University of Porto, Centre for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Porto, Portugal
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- University of Porto, Centre for Psychology at University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, n.a., Porto, Portugal
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- Centre for Reproductive Genetics A. Barros, n.a., Porto, Portugal
- University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine., Porto, Portugal
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- University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal
- Porto Clínica, Reproductive Medicine, Porto, Portugal
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Xavier P, Hii C, Mclendon K, Feyaerts P, Felicia A, J. litha, Demarchi M, Coliat P, Deforce F, Derde M, Kim M, Park L. 166MO A phase III trial to compare the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics and immunogenicity of HD201 to trastuzumab in HER2+ early breast cancer patients (TROIKA). Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Xavier P, Magalhães M, Sampaio-Norton S, Guimarães T, Oliveira JG. Differences for T-Cell Subtypes in Aspiration Biopsies of Patients With Kidney Transplant Under Polyclonal and Monoclonal Immunosuppressive Treatments. Transplant Proc 2019; 51:3271-3274. [PMID: 31732211 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Thymoglobulin, or antithymocyte globulin (ATG), and anti-interleukin 2α (IL-2α) chain receptor antibody (IL-2αRAb) achieve comparable good results in kidney transplantation notwithstanding different actions on immune cells. Previously, we reported the usefulness of flow cytometry (FC) analysis of lymphocyte subsets present in peripheral blood sample (PBL) and fine-needle aspiration biopsies (FNABs) for clinical surveillance, as, FC reaches very high predictive positive values for acute rejection diagnosis. Now we report an FC study on 2 kidney transplantation (KT) groups under ATG (n = 19) and IL-2αRAb (n = 24) treatment. Both groups were further treated with calcineurin inhibitors mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and prednisone. PBL and FNAB samples were collected on day 7 post-KT, stained for several T- and B-lymphocyte subsets, and acquired using FACScan. Statistical analysis were done by Mann-Whitney U test. FNAB results showed a significant downregulation by ATG of CD3 (P < .001), CD4 (P = .009), CD4CD29 (P = .003), and CD2 (P ≤ .001) and significant upregulation of death receptor (DR) (P = .03), CD3CD69 (P < .001), and CD3CD25 (P < .0001) as compared to groups treated with IL-2αRAb. For PBL, the same trend was seen for CD3, CD4, CD2, CD3CD25, CD3CD69, CD4CD29, and DR plus a downregulation of CD45RO (P = .001) and an upregulation of CD4CD45RA (P < .0001) in IL-2αRAb. This study shows that among stable KTs, ATG as compared to IL-2αRAb induces a significant downregulation of a subset of T-memory (CD4CD29) cells but an upregulation of antigen-experienced cells (CD45RO). Further, ATG decreases CD2, CD3, CD4, and naïve (CD45RA) and stimulates T cells as translated by CD3CD69 and DR. As it should be expected from an IL-2αRAb agent, CD25 cells were virtually eliminated.
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- P Xavier
- Portuguese Institute of Blood and Transplantation, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, S. João Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Nephrology, S. João Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, S. João Hospital Center, Porto, Portugal
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- CINTESIS/Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
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Gonzalez Sanchidrian S, Cebrian Andrada CJ, Jimenez Herrero MC, Deira Lorenzo JL, Labrador Gomez PJ, Marin Alvarez JP, Garcia-Bernalt Funes V, Gallego Dominguez S, Castellano Cervino I, Gomez-Martino Arroyo JR, Parapiboon W, Boonsom P, Stadler T, Raddatz A, Poppleton A, Hubner W, Fliser D, Klingele M, Rosa J, Sydor A, Krzanowski M, Chowaniec E, Sulowicz W, Vidal E, Mergulhao C, Pinheiro H, Sette L, Amorim G, Fernandes G, Valente L, Ouaddi F, Tazi I, Mabrouk K, Zamd M, El Khayat S, Medkouri G, Benghanem M, Ramdani B, Dabo G, Badaoui L, Ouled Lahcen A, Sosqi M, Marih L, Chakib A, Marhoum El Filali K, Oliveira MJC, Silva Junior G, Sampaio AM, Montenegro B, Alves MP, Henn GAL, Rocha HAL, Meneses GC, Martins AMC, Sanches TR, Andrade LC, Seguro AC, Liborio AB, Daher EF, Haase M, Robra BP, Hoffmann J, Isermann B, Henkel W, Bellomo R, Ronco C, Haase-Fielitz A, Kee YK, Kim YL, Kim EJ, Park JT, Han SH, Yoo TH, Kang SW, Choi KH, Oh HJ, Dharmendra P, Vinay M, Mohit M, Rajesh G, Dhananjai A, Pankaj B, Campos P, Pires A, Inchaustegui L, Avdoshina S, Villevalde S, Kobalava Z, Mukhopadhyay P, Das B, Mukherjee D, Mishra R, Kar M, Biswas NM, Onuigbo M, Agbasi N, Ponce D, Albino BB, Balbi AL, Klin P, Zambrano C, Gutierrez LM, Varela Falcon L, Zeppa F, Bilbao A, Klein F, Raffaele P, Chang KY, Park HS, Kim HW, Choi BS, Park CW, Yang CW, Jin DC, Checherita IA, Peride I, David C, Radulescu D, Ciocalteu A, Niculae A, Balbi A, Goes C, Buffarah M, Xavier P, Ponce D, Karimi SM, Cserep G, Gannon D, Sinnamon K, Saudan P, Alves C, De La Fuente V, Ponte B, Carballo S, Rutschmann O, Martin PY, Stucker F, Rosa J, Sydor A, Krzanowski M, Chowaniec E, Sulowicz W, Saurina A, Pardo V, Barba N, Jovell E, Pou M, Esteve V, Fulquet M, Duarte V, Ramirez De Arellano M, Sun IO, Yoon HJ, Kim JG, Lee KY, Tiranathanagul K, Sallapant S, Eiam-Ong S, Treeprasertsuk S, Peride I, Radulescu D, David C, Niculae A, Checherita IA, Geavlete B, Ciocalteu A, Ando M, Shingai N, Morito T, Ohashi K, Nitta K, Duarte DB, Silva Junior G, Vanderlei LA, Bispo RKA, Pinheiro ME, Daher EF, Ponce D, Si Nga H, Paes A, Medeiros P, Balbi A, Gentil TMS, Assis LS, Amaral AP, Alvares VRCA, Scaranello KLRS, Soeiro EMD, Castanho V, Castro I, Laranja SM, Barreto S, Molina M, Silvisk M, Pereira BJ, Izem A, Mabrouk K, Amer Mhamed D, El Khayat SS, Zamd M, Medkouri G, Benghanem M, Ramdani B, Donadio C, Klimenko A, Villevalde S, Kobalava Z, Andreoli MC, Souza NK, Ammirati AL, Matsui TN, Naka EL, Carneiro FD, Ramos AC, Lopes RK, Dias ES, Coelho MP, Afonso RC, Ferraz-Neto BH, Almeida MD, Durao M, Batista MC, Monte JC, Pereira VG, Santos OP, Santos BC, Klimenko A, Villevalde S, Kobalava Z, Silva VC, Raimann JG, Nerbass FB, Vieira MA, Dabel P, Richter A, Callegari J, Carter M, Levin NW, Winchester JF, Kotanko P, Pecoits-Filho R, Gjyzari A, Thereska N, Barbullushi M, Koroshi A, Petrela E, Mumajesi S, Kim YL, Kee YK, Han JS, Oh HJ, Park JT, Han SH, Yoo TH, Kang SW, Simone S, Scrascia G, Montemurno E, Rotunno C, Mastro F, Gesualdo L, Paparella D, Pertosa G, Lopes D, Santos C, Cunha C, Gomes AM, Coelho H, Seabra J, Qasem A, Farag S, Hamed E, Emara M, Bihery A, Pasha H, Mukhopadhyay P, Chhaya S, Mukhopadhyay G, Das C, Silva Junior G, Vieira APF, Lima LLL, Nascimento LS, Daher EF, Zawiasa A, Ko Odziejska M, Bia Asiewicz P, Nowak D, Nowicki M. CLINICAL ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY 2. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Carvalho B, Silva J, Cunha M, Viana P, Leite R, Stevenson D, Carvalho A, Oliveira C, da Silva JT, Póvoa A, Soares S, Calejo L, Sousa S, Xavier P, Sousa M, Barros A, Carvalho F. P33 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Portuguese familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy – 12 years' experience. Reprod Biomed Online 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(12)60250-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Macneil LK, Xavier P, Garvey MA, Gilbert DL, Ranta ME, Denckla MB, Mostofsky SH. Quantifying excessive mirror overflow in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Neurology 2011; 76:622-8. [PMID: 21321336 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e31820c3052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Qualitative observations have revealed that children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show increased overflow movements, a motor sign thought to reflect impaired inhibitory control. The goal of this study was to develop and implement methods for quantifying excessive mirror overflow movements in children with ADHD. METHODS Fifty right-handed children aged 8.2-13.3 years, 25 with ADHD (12 girls) and 25 typically developing (TD) control children (10 girls), performed a sequential finger-tapping task, completing both left-handed (LHFS) and right-handed finger sequencing (RHFS). Phasic overflow of the index and ring fingers was assessed in 34 children with video recording, and total overflow in 48 children was measured by calculating the total angular displacement of the index and ring fingers with electrogoniometer recordings. RESULTS Phasic overflow and total overflow across both hands were greater in children with ADHD than in TD children, particularly during LHFS. Separate gender analyses revealed that boys, but not girls, with ADHD showed significantly more total phasic overflow and total overflow than did their gender-matched control children. CONCLUSIONS The quantitative overflow measures used in this study support past qualitative findings that motor overflow persists to a greater degree in children with ADHD than in age-matched TD peers. The quantitative findings further suggest that persistence of mirror overflow is more prominent during task execution of the nondominant hand and reveal gender-based differences in developmental neural systems critical to motor control. These quantitative measures will assist future physiologic investigation of the brain basis of motor control in ADHD.
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- L K Macneil
- Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Carvalho F, Sousa M, Silva J, Oliveira C, Teixeira DSJ, Stevenson D, Calejo L, Xavier P, Barros A. 7.009 Term pregnancies after PGD for Portuguese familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Reprod Biomed Online 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)61409-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Xavier P, Oliveira JGG, Sampaio S, Santos C, Alves H, Pestana M. MIG/CXCL9 IS SIGNIFICANTLY UPREGULATED IN CULTURES OF FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY SAMPLES OF ACUTELY REJECTING KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. Transplantation 2004. [DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200407271-01495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Subcapsular hepatic hematoma is rare in pregnancies not complicated by pre-eclampsia or the HELLP syndrome. We now report such a case.
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- P Xavier
- Departamento de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Hospital de São João/Faculdade de Medicina do Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira JG, Xavier P, Sampaio SM, Mendes AA, Pestana M. sTNFRI and sTNFRII synthesis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy sample cultures is significantly associated with acute rejection in kidney transplantation. Transplantation 2001; 71:1835-9. [PMID: 11455266 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200106270-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previously we reported that cultures of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples synthesize different cytokine pattern depending on the alloimmune response towards the kidney graft. However, we failed to find a clear picture for growth factors implicated in early T-cell activation (interferon-gamma, interleukin [IL]-4, IL-12), although we observed that interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) was associated with absence of acute rejection. We have now studied tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and its two soluble receptors, sTNFRI and sTNFRII, IL-1beta and soluble IL-1 receptor II (sIL-1RII), and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), all potential modulators of T-cell activation. METHODS Sixty-six cadaver kidney transplants (KTX) were divided into four groups: group 1, day 7 after KTX, stable (n=30); group 2, day 7 after KTX, 8+/-4.5 days before acute rejection (n=12); group 3, first day of acute rejection (n=17); and group 4, day 14 after KTX, stable (n=32). Patients from groups 1 and 4 remained rejection-free for the first 6 months. All rejection episodes were confirmed by core renal biopsy. FNAB samples were cultured according to our published methodology, and culture supernatants were collected at 48 hr and analyzed by ELISA for IL-1beta, sIL-1RII, TNF-alpha, sTNFRI, sTNFRII, and LIF. Serum levels for sIL-1RII, sTNFRI, and sTNFRII were also measured. RESULTS FNAB cultures from groups 1 and 4 synthesized significantly lower amounts of sTNFRI and sTNFRII than those from either groups 2 or 3. Both sTNFRI and sTNFRII reached high positive and negative predictive values for acute rejection. IL-1beta and sIL-1RII were synthesized by all groups but without differences. No trace of LIF and TNF-alpha was found. sTNFRII was significantly higher in serum from group 3. CONCLUSIONS Both TNF receptors were positively associated with acute rejection and were good predictors of impending acute rejection. The ratio of sIL-1RII over IL-1 (together with IL-1ra that we previously measured in FNAB cultures) suggests that IL-1 actions may be inhibited with current immunosuppression early after transplantation.
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- J G Oliveira
- Renal Department, Hospital S. Joāo, Trav. Das Antas, 84, 5.C, 4350-046 Porto, Portugal.
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Oliveira JG, Ramos JP, Xavier P, Sampaio S, Magalhães MC, Mendes AA, Pestana M. Microemulsion cyclosporin formulation, in contrast to the old formulation, widens the T lymphocyte subsets differences between stable and acute rejection of kidney transplants. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 16:1256-61. [PMID: 11390729 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.6.1256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The new cyclosporin (CsA) formulation, Neoral, has different pharmacokinetics compared with Sandimmune (SIM). Larger area under the curve (AUC) values with equivalent trough blood values are reached when Neoral is administered at equivalent doses to SIM. Previously, we showed a great diagnostic reliability when using cytofluorometric analysis from fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) samples. We investigated possible changes brought about by Neoral on lymphocyte subsets and the repercussions on the activation score cut-off for acute rejection, defined under SIM treatment. METHODS Of 63 patients that received SIM, 40 remained rejection-free and 23 suffered one episode of rejection. Of 52 patients that received Neoral, 38 remained rejection-free. Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) and lymphocytes from FNAB taken on days 7 and 14 post-transplantation and on the first day of acute rejection were analysed by flow cytometry. RESULTS Trough blood CsA levels were not different between SIM and Neoral treatments. Among rejection-free patients, a significant down-regulation of CD3DR and of CD8DR expression on both graft-infiltrating lymphocytes (GIL) and PBL, and significant up-regulation of naïve T cells on GIL were observed with Neoral. These changes were followed by a significant down-regulation of the activation score with Neoral. Conversely, within the acute rejection group, the activation score was significantly higher with Neoral than with SIM. The activation score performed equally well in Neoral transplants compared with what we had reported with SIM. CONCLUSIONS Our study indicates that Neoral elicits stronger immunosuppressive effects in stable patients, which eventually should translate into better clinical efficiency. However, when acute rejection supervenes, the treatment breakthrough seems stronger with Neoral. Cytofluorometric studies from FNAB samples showed that diagnostic reliability was maintained at a high level under Neoral therapy.
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- J G Oliveira
- Renal Department, Hospital S. João, 4350-046 Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira JG, Sampaio S, Xavier P, Aragão P, Mendes A, Guerra L. Cytokine analysis before and after mycophenolate mofetil treatment in renal transplantation. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:2631-2. [PMID: 11134732 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01812-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- J G Oliveira
- Nephrology Service, S. João Hospital, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Porto, Portugal
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Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis is a rare cutaneous disorder characterized by recurrent and cyclic skin eruption with variable morphology, occurring during the luteal phase. A case of autoimmune progesterone urticaria in a 47-year-old woman is reported. An intradermal progestin test revealed a strong reactivity against this hormone. Treatment with tamoxifen and leuprolide acetate induced only a partial remission of urticaria. Bilateral oophorectomy was performed with absolute clearing of cutaneous lesions.
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- C Vasconcelos
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University Hospital of São João, Porto, Portugal
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Xavier P, Matias A, Silva JT, Montenegro N, Areias JC. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Critical evaluation of a twelve-month experience. Rev Port Cardiol 2000; 19:203-12. [PMID: 10763349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION A retrospective study of fetal echocardiographies performed in the Ultrasound Unit of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology between January and December 1998 was carried out. MATERIAL AND METHODS We performed 271 fetal echocardiographies (236 fetuses; 230 pregnant women). A triplex ultrasound machine was used with a 5 or 3.5 MHz transabdominal probe. RESULTS The median maternal age was 31 years (17-44) and the median gestational age at the time of the first examination was 27 weeks (15-38). A hundred and thirty-two pregnant women (57.4%) were internal referrals and (98) 42.6% were referred by other hospitals. The most common indications for referral were maternal age > or = 35 years old (n = 48), gestational diabetes (n = 38), family history of congenital heart disease (n = 24) and insulin-dependent diabetes (n = 23). Accuracy of 32 echocardiographies was limited by technical difficulties. Out of 236 fetuses, 205 (86.9%) presented a normal scan, whereas 31 (13.1%) showed some abnormality: 22 structural cardiac defects; 5 rhythm anomalies and one with a mixed abnormality. In three cases a pericardial effusion was detected in the absence of any structural or rhythm anomaly and regressed spontaneously after birth. Three fetuses were referred prenatally for treatment to another center. Eight out of fifteen patients followed in the Pediatric Cardiology outpatient clinic were submitted to surgical treatment. In four cases the parents opted for termination of pregnancy and two neonatal deaths occurred. Four patients were lost for follow-up. DISCUSSION Our study suggests that strict criteria for a referral of pregnant women to specialized fetal echocardiography are still missing. The median gestational age of 27 weeks at the time of the first examination was clearly out of the generally accepted recommended period (18-24 weeks). It is time to improve the collaboration between the different health professionals involved in the care of pregnant women in order to increase the sensitivity of screening for congenital heart disease.
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- P Xavier
- Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, Hospital de S. João, Faculdade de Medicina do Porto
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de Oliveira JG, Xavier P, Carvalho E, Ramos JP, Magalhães MC, Mendes AA, Faria V, Guerra LE. T lymphocyte subsets and cytokine production by graft-infiltrating cells in FSGS recurrence post-transplantation. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1999; 14:713-6. [PMID: 10193825 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.3.713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) aetiology remains undefined although a derangement of lymphocytes and monocytes macrophages, at least, has been strongly suspected. We report the graft-infiltrating phenotypes and their cytokine production in a case of FSGS recurrence post-transplantation. METHODS The kidney transplant recipient suffered immediate FSGS recurrence. Aspiration biopsies were done at the first and second week post-surgery and were analysed by flow cytometry. The cytokine analysis was done on aspiration sample culture supernatants and serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS High expression of CD3CD69, CD3CD71 and CD4CD29 was found on infiltrating lymphocytes. Biopsy cultures pointed to a Th0/Th1 pattern of cytokine production as well as significant synthesis of transforming growth factor-beta1. Interestingly, monocyte chemokines were absent. CONCLUSION We report evidence of intragraft lymphocyte activation in the early days of FSGS recurrence. Aspiration biopsy cultures showed failure of cyclosporin A to inhibit interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by infiltrating lymphocytes. If our findings are confirmed in similar patients, a trial with anti-IL-2-receptor antibody could be warranted.
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Pestana M, Oliveira G, Xavier P, Mendes A, Guerra LE. Kidney graft-infiltrating cells synthesize significantly higher amounts of prostaglandin E2 pre and during acute rejection. Transplant Proc 1999; 31:306-7. [PMID: 10083119 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)01638-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- M Pestana
- Renal Department, H. S. João, Porto, Portugal
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Contradictory descriptions exist concerning the fetal heart-rate (FHR) patterns that appear during maternal hypoglycaemia. We report a case of maternal hypoglycaemic coma during which a FHR tracing was obtained showing a normal type D accelerative pattern.
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- A Matias
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of São João, Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira G, Xavier P, Murphy B, Neto S, Mendes A, Sayegh MH, Guerra LE. Cytokine analysis of human renal allograft aspiration biopsy cultures supernatants predicts acute rejection. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1998; 13:417-22. [PMID: 9509455 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A Th1 response is said to be associated with transplant rejection and Th2 with tolerance, although this is not agreed by all. Cytokines evaluation in peripheral blood and urine in kidney transplants produces variable results. We hypothesized that measurement of major cytokines involved in Th1/Th2 paradigm on transplant renal-infiltrating cells could bring valuable scientific and clinical information. METHODS Fifty-six adult cadaver kidney transplants were subdivided into 21 stable patients (group A), 22 suffering acute rejection (group B), 10 with chronic rejection (group C) and three with CMV disease (group D). Fine-needle aspiration biopsies were cultured and their supernatants analysed for IL-2, IL-4, IL-10 and IFN-gamma. RESULTS Group A produced small amounts of both IL-2 and IL-10 while group B synthetized significantly higher IL-2 and significantly lower IL-10 amounts than group A. Group B produced significantly more IL-2 than A on day 7 post-transplantation, several days before rejection supervened. Group C produced IL-10 and very low amount of IL-2. Group D produced both IL-2 and IL-10. We did not find any IL-4, and IFN-gamma was present in a few samples. For IL-2, sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values for acute rejection were 100, 87.2, 94.7 and 83.3%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Cytokine analysis in fine-needle aspiration biopsy cultures supernatants is a very useful immunological screening method for kidney transplants. IL-2 synthesis on day 7 post-transplantation reliably predicted the risk of impending acute rejection during the first weeks. The cytokine pattern suggests that acute rejection is associated with Th1, stable patients with Th0/Th2, and chronic rejection with Th2 patterns.
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- G Oliveira
- Renal Department, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira JG, Ramos JP, Xavier P, Magalhães MC, Mendes AA, Guerra LE. Analysis of fine-needle aspiration biopsies by flow cytometry in kidney transplant patients. Transplantation 1997; 64:97-102. [PMID: 9233708 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199707150-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) analysis by flow cytometry has been inconsistently reported as an adjunctive method for diagnosing acute kidney transplant rejection. However, there is good evidence that lymphocytes infiltrating renal grafts differ from those found at the peripheral level. We hypothesized that the study of aspiration biopsy samples in conjunction with PBL by flow cytometry would enable us to diagnose acute rejection crisis reliably. METHODS Lymphocytes from PBL and aspiration biopsies of kidney transplant patients were analyzed. Fifty-one stable patients, rejection-free for the first 6 months, were studied on day 7 and day 30 after transplantation and were compared with 32 patients with 40 acute rejection episodes. RESULTS Significant differences were observed for several lymphocyte subpopulations on aspiration biopsy samples comparing stable patients with rejection patients. In contrast, PBL analysis was not helpful in differentiating the two groups of patients. By combining the expression of several activation markers inside the graft with CD3DR and CD3CD25 aspiration biopsy to peripheral blood ratios, we obtained very good values for sensitivity and specificity-83.9% and 90.5%, respectively. The positive predictive value for rejection among dysfunctional grafts reached 85.8%. CONCLUSIONS Flow cytometry study of aspiration biopsy samples of kidney transplant patients is a reliable and powerful method to diagnose acute rejection episodes, although it is needed to consider several lymphocyte phenotypes; cytofluorometric analysis of PBL is important because it provides graft-infiltrating cell to peripheral blood lymphocyte ratios. This safe and rapid test may significantly improve the management of kidney transplant patients.
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- J G Oliveira
- Renal Department, Hospital S. João, and Tissue Typing Center, Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira JG, Xavier P, Neto S, Mendes AA, Guerra LE. Monocytes-macrophages and cytokines/chemokines in fine-needle aspiration biopsy cultures: enhanced interleukin-1 receptor antagonist synthesis in rejection-free kidney transplant patients. Transplantation 1997; 63:1751-6. [PMID: 9210499 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199706270-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Monocytes-macrophages are found within kidney allografts during the first days after surgery, where they perform "housekeeping" tasks, participate in postreperfusion injury, and act as antigen-presenting cells, as well as become involved in the effector phase of acute rejection. They also seem to play a prominent role in chronic rejection. We quantified their presence in fine-needle aspiration biopsies and studied the growth factors that, we hypothesized, would mark the different implications of the presence of monocytes-macrophages. METHODS Fine-needle aspiration biopsies were obtained from 56 adult renal transplants and analyzed for CD14+ using the alkaline phosphatase-anti-alkaline phosphatase procedure. Thirty-three patients were studied on the production of interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), IL-6, IL-8, macrophage colony-stimulating factor, monocyte chemotactic protein 1, and macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha by aspiration biopsies cultures using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques. RESULTS CD14+ cells were present at significantly higher numbers in steroid-resistant acute rejections but also during the first days after surgery, especially if acute tubular necrosis was present. We found a significantly higher production of IL-1ra by rejection-free patients compared with acutely rejecting patients, and this difference was already established on day 7 after surgery (10+/-10.5 days before rejection). CONCLUSIONS Monocytes-macrophages are present at higher numbers in aspiration biopsies of kidney transplant patients suffering either acute tubular necrosis or steroid-resistant rejections, but they are present during the first days after transplant in stable patients, too. The production of IL-1ra is significantly up-regulated in stable patients, which suggests that monocytes-macrophages may constitute an early key factor in the down-regulation of the anti-allograft immune response.
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- J G Oliveira
- Renal Department, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal
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Oliveira G, Xavier P, Mendes A, Guerra LE. Cultures of aspiration biopsy specimens in the immunological monitoring of renal transplants. Nephron Clin Pract 1997; 76:310-4. [PMID: 9226232 DOI: 10.1159/000190197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Graft-infiltrating cells (GIC) have been studied in heart, lung, and liver transplants and have been shown to have greater proliferative ability when taken from rejecting allografts. Our aim was to study GIC harvested by fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in renal transplant recipients. PATIENTS AND METHODS 93 adult patients entered the study. The FNABs were done on the 7th, 14th, and 30th day after transplantation in stable cases and whenever a rejection crisis supervened. RESULTS The proliferation responses of GIC were significantly higher in rejection than in stable cases during the 1st month after transplantation. The sensitivity for rejection was 96.4%, the specificity 91.3%, the negative predictive value 98.7%, and the positive predictive value was 93.3% among dysfunctioning grafts. CONCLUSIONS The study of the proliferative capacity of graft-infiltrating cells in renal transplants is a safe and very useful immunologic monitoring tool, and it could improve the FNAB diagnostic accuracy.
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- G Oliveira
- Renal Department, H.S. João, Porto, Portugal.
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