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J Clin Lab Anal ; 30(6): 1128-1134, 2016 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27184780

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Modern automated laboratory hematology analyzers allow the measurement of over 30 different hematological parameters useful in the diagnostic and clinical interpretation of patient symptoms. They use different methods to measure the same parameters. Thus, a comparison of complete blood count made by Mindray BC-6800, Sysmex XN-2000 and Beckman Coulter LH750 was performed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A comparison of results obtained by automated analysis of 807 anticoagulated blood samples from children and 125 manual microscopic differentiations were performed. This comparative study included white blood cell count, red blood cell count, and erythrocyte indices, as well as platelet count. RESULTS: The present study showed a poor level of agreement between white blood cell enumeration and differentiation of the three automated hematology analyzers under comparison. A very good agreement was found when comparing manual blood smear and automated granulocytes, monocytes, and lymphocytes differentiation. Red blood cell evaluation showed better agreement than white blood cells between the studied analyzers. CONCLUSION: To conclude, studied instruments did not ensure satisfactory interchangeability and did not facilitate a substitution of one analyzer by another.


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Automação Laboratorial , Contagem de Células Sanguíneas/instrumentação , Contagem de Células Sanguíneas/métodos , Células Sanguíneas/fisiologia , Hematologia/instrumentação , Hematologia/métodos , Adolescente , Células Sanguíneas/citologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Contagem de Eritrócitos , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Contagem de Leucócitos , Masculino , Contagem de Plaquetas , Análise de Regressão , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes
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Neurochem Res ; 41(1-2): 376-84, 2016 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26801175

RESUMO

Cerebral oxidative stress (OS) contributes to the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Existing evidence suggests that systemic administration of L-histidine (His) attenuates OS in brain of HE animal models, but the underlying mechanism is complex and not sufficiently understood. Here we tested the hypothesis that dipeptide carnosine (ß-alanyl-L-histidine, Car) may be neuroprotective in thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver failure in rats and that, being His metabolite, may mediate the well documented anti-OS activity of His. Amino acids [His or Car (100 mg/kg)] were administrated 2 h before TAA (i.p., 300 mg/kg 3× in 24 h intervals) injection into Sprague-Dawley rats. The animals were thus tested for: (i) brain prefrontal cortex and blood contents of Car and His, (ii) amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), GSSG/GSH ratio and thioredoxin reductase (TRx) activity, and (iii) behavioral changes (several models were used, i.e. tests for reflexes, open field, grip test, Rotarod). Brain level of Car was reduced in TAA rats, and His administration significantly elevated Car levels in control and TAA rats. Car partly attenuated TAA-induced ROS production and reduced GSH/GSSG ratio, whereas the increase of TRx activity in TAA brain was not significantly modulated by Car. Further, Car improved TAA-affected behavioral functions in rats, as was shown by the tests of righting and postural reflexes. Collectively, the results support the hypothesis that (i) Car may be added to the list of neuroprotective compounds of therapeutic potential on HE and that (ii) Car mediates at least a portion of the OS-attenuating activity of His in the setting of TAA-induced liver failure.


Assuntos
Carnosina/farmacologia , Falência Hepática/induzido quimicamente , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Postura , Tioacetamida/toxicidade , Animais , Falência Hepática/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Ann Rheum Dis ; 75(3): 617-22, 2016 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25906316

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: Autoantibodies reactive with Ro52 are often found in sera of patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). This study was undertaken to investigate the role of Ro52-induced immune responses in pathogenesis of SS. METHODS: New Zealand Mixed (NZM) 2758 mice were immunised with Ro52 in alum adjuvant. Control mice were immunised either with maltose-binding protein or injected with alum alone. Mice were monitored for anti-Ro52 antibody, sialoadenitis and pilocarpine-induced salivation. Antibody binding to salivary gland (SG) cells was analysed in vivo and in vitro by immunofluorescence. Sera from immunised mice were passively transferred into untreated or alum injected NZM2758 mice. RESULTS: By day 30 post-immunisation, Ro52 immunised mice generated immunoprecipitating anti-Ro52 antibodies and they had the maximum drop in saliva production. Both Ro52 immunised and control mice showed evidence of mild sialoadenitis. However, only Ro52 immunised mice had antibody deposition in their SG. Passive transfer of Ro52-immune sera induced SG dysfunction in recipient mice, only if the recipients were primed with alum. In vitro, antibodies from Ro52-immune sera were internalised by a SG cell line and this uptake was inhibited by cytochalasin D treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Our data show for the first time that antibodies induced by Ro52 are capable of inducing SG dysfunction, and that this phenomenon is dependent on the activation of innate immunity. The mouse model described in this study implies that autoantibody deposition in the SG might be an important step in the induction of xerostomia and pathogenesis of SS.


Assuntos
Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Imunidade Inata/imunologia , Imunização Passiva , Camundongos , Ribonucleoproteínas/imunologia , Sialadenite/imunologia , Síndrome de Sjogren/imunologia , Glândula Submandibular/imunologia , Animais , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Sialadenite/patologia , Síndrome de Sjogren/patologia , Glândula Submandibular/patologia
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