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Biol. Res ; 42(4): 415-425, 2009. graf, ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-537101

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Entamoeba histolytica produces Monocyte Locomotion Inhibitory Factor (MLIF), which may contribute to the delayed inflammation observed in amoebic hepatic abscesses. Leukocytes are affected through the modulation of cytokine expression and/or production. We evaluated the effects of MLIF on the activation and production of intracellular cytokines in human CD4+ T lymphocytes by flow cytometry. Cells were stimulated for 24 h with PMA, MLIF, or PMA+MLIF. Cellular activation was measured using anti-CD69. Th1/Th2 production was studied by the expression of intracellular cytokines and cytokine/chemokine receptors. MLIF increased CD69 and induced the over-expression of the IL-l©¬, IFN-¥ã, IL-2, IL-4, and IL-10 intracellular cytokines; PMA+MLIF inhibited Th1 cytokine (IFN-¥ã) and increased Th2 cytokines (IL-4 and IL-10). The co-expression of the cytokine and chemokine receptors IFN-¥ã/CCR5 and IL-1©¬/CCR5 was inhibited by PMA+MLIF and Th2 co-expression was increased. MLIF effects varied depending on the conditions. MLIF alone activated the Th1 and Th2 cytokines and cytokine/receptor expression; however, PMA+MLIF increased the expression of Th2 but inhibited it in Th1.


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Female , Humans , Male , Cytokines/biosynthesis , Oligopeptides/pharmacology , /drug effects , /drug effects , Th1 Cells/drug effects , /drug effects , Cells, Cultured , Entamoeba histolytica/immunology , Flow Cytometry , Oligopeptides/biosynthesis , /immunology , /immunology , Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology , Th1 Cells/immunology , /immunology
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Rev. Inst. Nac. Enfermedades Respir ; 17(1): 42-55, mar. 2004. ilus, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-632508

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La citometría de flujo es un método analítico que permite la medición rápida de ciertas características físicas y químicas de células o partículas suspendidas en líquido que producen una señal de forma individual al interferir con una fuente de luz. Una de las características analíticas más importantes de los citómetros de flujo es su capacidad de medir múltiples parámetros celulares, como el tamaño, forma y complejidad y, por supuesto, cualquier componente celular o función que pueda ser marcada con un fluorocromo. Las aplicaciones más relevantes de la citometría de flujo en la práctica médica se relacionan con la hematología e inmunología clínicas, midiendo parámetros como número y clasificación de células sanguíneas. Esta técnica es empleada también en el conteo de subpoblaciones de linfocitos en pacientes con el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana, así como la caracterización de leucemias agudas y síndromes linfoproliferativos crónicos, entre otros padecimientos. En los últimos 20 años, el análisis de enfermedades pulmonares de origen inmunológico por citometría de flujo ha jugado un papel importante en el entendimiento y diagnóstico de enfermedades como sarcoidosis, neumonía eosinofílica o neumonitis por hipersensibilidad. Las aplicaciones de la citometría de flujo son numerosas, lo cual ha permitido el empleo de estos instrumentos de manera amplia en los campos, tanto de la investigación biológica como médica. Esta revisión brinda un panorama general de los principios básicos de la citometría de flujo y la muestra como una herramienta reproducible y aplicable a una gran variedad de campos médicos, así como su empleo en el campo de las enfermedades pulmonares.


Flow cytometry is an analytical method that allows the rapid measurement of certain physical and chemical characteristics of cells or particles suspended in liquid and produce signals when they pass individually through a beam of light. An important analytical feature of flow cytometers is their ability to measure multiple cellular parameters such as cell size, shape and internal complexity and, of course any cell component or function that can be detected by a fluorescent dye. The most prominent uses of flow cytometry in medical practice are in the related fields of laboratory hematology and clinical immunology, for a variety of tasks involving blood cell counting and classification. This technique is also used for counting lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with HIV, characterization of acute leukemias and chronic lymphomas between other diseases. Over the last 20 years, analysis of immunologica lung diseases by flow cytometry has played a major role in the understanding and as tool of diagnosis, such as sarcoidosis, eosinophilic pneumonia or hypersensitivity pneumonitis. So the applications of flow cytometry are numerous, and this has lead to the widespread use of this instruments in biological research and medical fields. Overall this review shows a brief overview of basic principles of and shows this as a reproducible tool applicable to a wide range of medical approaches as well as its use in lung diseases field.

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