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Introducción. La obesidad es un problema de salud pública mundial y la enfermedad crónica no transmisible más frecuente. Se asocia con la elevación de proteínas inflamatorias de fase aguda y citocinas proinflamatorias. Objetivo. Evaluar los niveles de proteínas de fase aguda en niños y adolescentes obesos con esteatosis hepática y síndrome agudo metabólico. Metodología. Se incluyeron 45 niños con índice de masa corporal ≥ percentil 95, de edades entre 5,0 y 15,5 años. Se determinaron reactantes de fase aguda: proteína C reactiva, haptoglobina, a-2 macroglobulina y apolipoproteína A-1, y se realizó una ecografía para evaluar la esteatosis hepática. Resultados. Todos los pacientes mostraron una elevación de proteína C reactiva. Los pacientes con síndrome metabólico también tuvieron un incremento en la apolipoproteína A-1 y la haptoglobina. Los pacientes con esteatosis hepática tuvieron un aumento significativo en la a-2 macroglobulina además de la protenína C reactiva.
Introduction. Obesity is a worldwide public health problem and the most common non-communicable chronic disease. It is associated with an increase in inflammatory acute phase proteins and proinflammatory cytokines. Objective. To assess the levels of acute phase proteins in obese children and adolescents with hepatic steatosis and metabolic syndrome. Methodology. Forty-five children with a body mass index ≥ 95th percentile aged 5.0-15.5 years were included. The following acute phase reactants were determined: C-reactive protein, haptoglobin, alpha-2-macroglobulin, and apolipoprotein A-1; besides, an ultrasound was done to assess hepatic steatosis. Results. C-reactive protein levels increased in all patients. Patients with metabolic syndrome also had high levels of apolipoprotein A-1 and haptoglobin. Patients with hepatic steatosis had a significant increase in alpha-2-macroglobulin in addition to high C-reactive protein.
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Humans , Child , Adolescent , alpha-Macroglobulins , C-Reactive Protein , Haptoglobins , Apolipoprotein A-I , ObesityABSTRACT
FUNDAMENTO: Tem sido sugerido que o polimorfismo da haptoglobina pode influenciar na patogênese das complicações microvasculares e macrovasculares em pacientes diabéticos. OBJETIVO: O objetivo principal deste estudo transversal foi de realizar uma investigação da existência ou não de uma associação entre os genótipos de haptoglobina e a prevalência de eventos isquêmicos cardiovasculares (angina estável, angina instável e infarto agudo do miocárdio), hipertensão arterial sistêmica, hipertensão refratária, obesidade e dislipidemia em 120 pacientes com diabete melito tipo 2, seguidos no Hospital Universitário da Unicamp, em Campinas, Estado de São Paulo. MÉTODOS: A genotipagem da haptoglobina foi realizada por reações em cadeia da polimerase alelo-específicas. As frequências dos genótipos de haptoglobina foram comparadas com a presença/ausência de doença cardiovascular, hipertensão arterial sistêmica, hipertensão refratária, obesidade e dislipidemia; medições de pressão arterial sistólica e diastólica; glicemia, colesterol (total, lipoproteínas de alta densidade - HDL e lipoproteínas de baixa densidade - LDL) e triglicerídeos; assim como níveis de creatinina sérica. RESULTADOS: Embora nenhuma associação entre o genótipo de haptoglobina e a presença de doença cardiovascular tenha sido identificada, encontramos um excesso significativo de pacientes com o genótipo Hp2-1 entre as pessoas com hipertensão refratária, que também apresentavam uma maior pressão arterial sistólica e diastólica e níveis de colesterol total e LDL. CONCLUSÃO: Nossos resultados sugerem que os pacientes com diabete melito tipo 2 com o genótipo Hp2-1 podem apresentar uma maior chance de desenvolver hipertensão refratária. Estudos adicionais em populações diabéticas são necessários para confirmar esses achados.
BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that haptoglobin polymorphism may influence the pathogenesis of microvascular and macrovascular complications in diabetic patients. OBJECTIVE: This cross sectional study was carried out to investigate the existence or not of an association between haptoglobin genotypes and prevalence of ischemic cardiovascular events (stable angina, unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction), systemic arterial hypertension, refractory hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia in 120 type-2 diabetes mellitus patients followed up at Hospital de Clínicas da UNICAMP in Campinas, São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. METHODS: Haptoglobin genotyping was performed by allele-specific polymerase chain reactions. The frequencies of the haptoglobin genotypes were compared with the presence/absence of cardiovascular disease, systemic arterial hypertension, refractory hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia; systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements; plasma levels of glucose, cholesterol (total, high density lipoprotein-HDL and low density lipoprotein-LDL) and triglycerides; and serum creatinine levels. RESULTS: Although no association between haptoglobin genotype and the presence of cardiovascular disease could be identified, we found a significant excess of patients with Hp2-1 genotype among those with refractory hypertension, who also had higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and total and LDL cholesterol levels. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that type-2 diabetes mellitus patients with the Hp2-1 genotype may have higher chances of developing refractory hypertension. Further studies in other diabetic populations are required to confirm these findings.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , /genetics , Haptoglobins/genetics , Hypertension/genetics , Blood Pressure/physiology , Brazil/epidemiology , Cholesterol, LDL/blood , Cholesterol/blood , /complications , /physiopathology , Diastole/physiology , Epidemiologic Methods , Hypertension/epidemiologyABSTRACT
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Objective To investigate the distributions of haptoglobin (Hp) phenotypes and their clinical significance in five skin diseases. Methods Haptoglobin phenotypes were determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in a discontinuous buffer system, and then confirmed by staining with silver nitrate. Results The distribution of Hp1-1, Hp2-1, Hp 2-2 of Han ethnic group was 9.9 percent, 46.9 percent, 43.2 percent, respectively. Compared with normal controls, the frequency of Hp2-2 in SLE group (59.3%) was markedly high, especially in those with kidney damage, that of Hp2-1 in psoriasis(30.9%) was low, and that of Hp1-1 in eczema was high, especially in those without exudation (27.4%). There was no statistical significance for the distributions of Hp phenotypes in secondary syphilis and condyloma acuminatum. Conclusion Hp phenotypes might be associated with the pathogensis and some clinical manifestations in SLE, psoriasis of eczema.
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Objective To study the expression changes in haptoglobin and ferritin after acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Methods A rat model of acute PE was reproduced in the present study by injecting 3-4 thrombi into the left jugular vein. The total RNA of the lung tissue was obtained at different time points, i.e. 1h, 8h, 24h, and 48h, and the normal rats were used as control. The changes in mRNA level of haptoglobin and ferritin were determined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR, and the changes in serum protein level of haptoglobin and ferritin were assessed by Western blot methods. Finally the serum concentrations of haptoglobin and ferritin were determined by means of immunonephelometry in 58 PE/deep vein thrombosis (PE/DVT) patients and 40 healthy individuals (controls). Results The mRNA levels of haptoglobin and ferritin were increased gradually in the experimental animals compared with controls, and their serum protein levels were also elevated in the rat with acute PE. The concentration of serum ferritin in controls was 79.42?31.57?g/L, whereas in PE/DVT patients it was 554.43?136.18?g/L (P
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En este estudio se cuantificaron las inmunoglobulinas G, A y M, las proteínas de fase aguda: alfa 1 antitripsina, haptoglobina y ceruloplasmina, así como las zonas de la electroforesis de proteínas, en 153 niños atletas de alto rendimiento y en 140 niños supuestamente sanos con actividad física normal para su edad, en busca de variaciones en estos parámetros con carácter permanente por la práctica sistemática de intensos ejercicios físicos. De las inmunoglobulinas dosificadas sólo estuvo marcadamente elevada la IgM y disminuida la zona alfa 2 en los niños atletas; sin embargo, no se obtuvieron diferencias en las proteínas de fase aguda dosificadas para ambos grupos, así como en las proteínas totales cuantificadas.
In this study, G, A and M immunoglobulins, the acute phase proteins: alpha 1-antitrypsin, haptoglobin and ceruloplasmin, as well as the zones of protein electrophoresis were quantified in 153 sportschildren of high performance and in 140 apparently sound children with normal physical activity according to their age, in order to look for variations in these parameters with permanent character due to the systematic practice of intensive physical exercises. Of the dosified immunoglobulins only IgM was significantly elevated, whereas the alpha 2 zone was diminished among sportschildren. Differences were found neither in the actue phase proteins dosified for both groups nor in the quantified total proteins.