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Anal Quant Cytopathol Histpathol ; 36(3): 137-46, 2014 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25141490

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To describe, by computerized morphometry, the degree and the type of steatosis in liver transplants that developed primary nonfunction and to compare the results with the quantification by pathologist. STUDY DESIGN: Twelve patients who developed primary nonfunction after liver transplantation were matched with 23 transplanted patients with a regular postoperative clinical course. Morphology of the liver biopsy included many stereological parameters; all cases were evaluated by an operator blinded to the diagnosis and to the clinical history. The assessment of steatosis by morphometry was compared with the pathologist's evaluation. Moreover, to assess the reproducibility of the morphometric model, another operator applied the morphometric model in a blinded fashion to a randomly selected sample of cases. RESULTS: The percentage of hepatocytes with microsteatosis and the ratio of macro/microsteatosis were higher in primary nonfunction. The pathologist's evaluation of steatosis showed a marked overestimation when compared to morphometry. Lastly, the comparison between the results of 2 blinded operators of morphometric analysis showed a high reproducibility with a low interobserver variability. CONCLUSION: Our quantitative estimation of the degree and the quality of steatosis avoids interobserver interpretations. Moreover, our analysis shows that the quantification of steatosis in liver transplantation by the current assessment must be reviewed in order to reevaluate the real impact of steatosis.


Assuntos
Fígado Gorduroso/patologia , Hepatócitos/patologia , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Transplante de Fígado/efeitos adversos , Biópsia , Fígado Gorduroso/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Fígado/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Doadores de Tecidos
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Pathol Res Pract ; 208(4): 240-4, 2012 Apr 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22429827

RESUMO

We generated a computerized morphometric model to evaluate and quantify the morphological features in large regenerative nodules (LRN), high-grade dysplastic nodules (HGDN) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Sixteen LRN, 10 HGDN and 16 HCC in HCV-cirrhotic livers were stained with H&E, smooth muscle actin, CD34, CD31 and reticulin to evaluate volume and surface fractions. On H&E stains, the most discriminatory features between LRN, HGDN and HCC were volume fraction and the number of hepatocyte nuclei in unit volume and hepatocyte nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio. On immunohistochemistry, volume fractions of capillarised sinusoids, capillary units and isolated arteries were significantly different among all groups and highest in HCC; surface fraction of reticulin was markedly decreased in HCC. Our morphometric model is an objective method for quantification of the morphological changes of the nodular lesions, and it could be applied to studies involving histological evaluation of the spectrum of nodular lesions arising in the cirrhotic liver.


Assuntos
Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Hepatite C Crônica/patologia , Hepatócitos/patologia , Cirrose Hepática/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/patologia , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Biometria , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/metabolismo , Núcleo Celular/patologia , Simulação por Computador , Hepatite C Crônica/metabolismo , Hepatócitos/metabolismo , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Cirrose Hepática/metabolismo , Neoplasias Hepáticas/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/metabolismo
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Anal Quant Cytol Histol ; 32(2): 106-13, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20701079

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To apply a computerized morphometric model to evaluate and quantify the morphologic features, including hepatic progenitor cells, in large regenerative nodules (LRN) and high grade dysplastic nodules (DN) in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis. STUDY DESIGN: Thirty-two cirrhotic nodules; 10 LRN; and 8 DN were identified in cirrhotic livers with HCV-related cirrhosis removed at transplantation. All specimens were stained for routine diagnosis with hematoxylin-eosin and immunohistochemically for CD31, CD34, cytokeratin 7 (CK7) and reticulin. We determined by a computerized morphometric model on hematoxylin-eosin slices the volume fractions occupied by hepatocyte nuclei and cytoplasm, sinusoids, portal triads, fibrosis and centrilobular veins. We also investigated volume fraction of hepatocytes expressing CK7, and volume fractions of capillary units and of sinusoid capillarization expressing CD31 and CD34, respectively, and surface fraction of reticulin. RESULTS: Compared to LRN, DN showed higher volume fraction of hepatocyte nuclei, higher number of hepatocytes in unit volume, higher nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio, higher volume fractions of capillarized sinusoids, capillary units and CK7 positive hepatocytes and lower mean hepatocyte volume and surface reticulin fraction. CONCLUSION: Our morphometric model is an objective method of quantification of the morphologic changes of LRN and DN, including the hepatic progenitor compartment.


Assuntos
Hepatite C Crônica/patologia , Cirrose Hepática/patologia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/patologia , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Núcleo Celular/patologia , Hepatite C Crônica/metabolismo , Hepatite C Crônica/cirurgia , Hepatócitos/metabolismo , Hepatócitos/patologia , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Queratina-7/metabolismo , Cirrose Hepática/metabolismo , Cirrose Hepática/cirurgia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/metabolismo , Lesões Pré-Cancerosas/metabolismo
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Pathology ; 41(3): 261-8, 2009.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19291538

RESUMO

AIMS: Morphogenetic processes during palate development are related to extracellular matrix composition. The cell-extracellular matrix relation plays a role in cell activity and in gene expression. We studied the effect of diphenylhydantoin, a teratogen known to induce cleft palate in human newborns, on extracellular matrix production. We investigated whether diphenylhydantoin treatment caused any differences in glycosaminoglycans, collagen synthesis and gene expression in human normal palate fibroblasts. METHODS: Human palate fibroblasts were maintained for 24 hours in serum-free 199 medium containing 5 microg/mL (3)H-glucosamine or (3)H proline hydrochloride. Collagen and glycosaminoglycan classes were then measured using biochemical methods, gene expression with microarray analysis and cytoskeleton components with immunofluorescent antibodies and computer analysis. RESULTS: In normal fibroblasts diphenylhydantoin reduced collagen and glycosaminoglycan synthesis with a marked effect on sulphated glycosaminoglycans. There were also substantial decreases in tubulin, vimentin and alpha-actin staining and an increase of vinculin compared to controls. Diphenylhydantoin acted on several genes related to the synthesis of cytoskeleton and adhesion membrane proteins. It inhibited caderin, caveolin, RTK and alpha-actin, and increased nectin, cytoplasmatic FRG vinculin, ITGA, ITGB extracellular matrix ligand and EDG2 gene expression. DNA binding gene expression, which plays a role in cell growth and senescence, was activated. CONCLUSIONS: Since cell activity is dependent on the cell morphology and extracellular matrix composition, these findings indicate that in human normal palate fibroblasts diphenylhydantoin can modify cytoskeletal components and extracellular matrix-cell adhesion, with consequent effects on gene expression. These changes might be related to anomalous palate development.


Assuntos
Moléculas de Adesão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Citoesqueleto/efeitos dos fármacos , Fibroblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Palato/efeitos dos fármacos , Fenitoína/toxicidade , Teratogênicos/toxicidade , Adesão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Pré-Escolar , Colágeno/biossíntese , Colágeno/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Imunofluorescência , Glicosaminoglicanos/biossíntese , Humanos , Masculino , Microscopia Eletrônica de Transmissão , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Palato/metabolismo
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Biomed Pharmacother ; 63(9): 619-26, 2009 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19157774

RESUMO

Cyclosporin A (CyA) is an immunosuppressive agent used to prevent allograft rejection, but unfortunately it causes adverse effects such as bone diseases, osteoporosis and osteomalacia. These pathologies involve an imbalance between synthesis, degradation and mineralization of extracellular matrix. CyA can modify extracellular matrix components such as glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and collagen fibers. In addition, normal cell activity is dependent on cell morphology and substrate cell attachment. We treated normal human osteoblasts with CyA and analyzed: (i) gene expression by a microarray method; (ii) extracellular GAG and collagen after (3)H-glucosamine and Western blot analysis; and (iii) cytoskeletal changes, using actin and tubulin fluorescent antibodies. CyA increased intra- and extracellular GAG and extracellular GAG classes such as hyaluronic acid, chondroitin sulphate, and dermatan sulphate; there was no noteworthy effect on heparan sulphate and the ratio of non-sulphated to sulphated GAG. In osteoblast cultures the drug reduced cytoskeletal actin, while tubulin did not change. In vivo the osteoblasts showed morphological changes with different extracellular matrix synthesis. Microarray analysis indicated the inhibition of gene pathways related to Wnt signaling molecules, and the cytoskeletal and focal adhesion cascade. In in vitro human osteoblasts CyA modified gene expression related to cytoskeletal pattern organization and cell morphology. Since in bone pathologies osteoblasts show different morphology related to cell size, these data suggest that in vivo osteoblast different functions could be dependent on alteration of osteoblast differentiation.


Assuntos
Ciclosporina/efeitos adversos , Citoesqueleto/efeitos dos fármacos , Matriz Extracelular/efeitos dos fármacos , Glicosaminoglicanos/biossíntese , Imunossupressores/efeitos adversos , Osteoblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Genes APC , Humanos , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos , Osteoblastos/metabolismo , Proteínas Wnt/fisiologia
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Surg Today ; 38(12): 1114-6, 2008.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19039637

RESUMO

We report a case of Horner's syndrome (HS) occurring as a complication after total thyroidectomy. Horner's syndrome is characterized by myosis, eyelid ptosis, enophthalmos, and lack of sweating, with vascular dilatation of the lateral part of the face, caused by damage of the cervical sympathetic chain. We found only 28 other reports of HS developing after thyroidectomy, and only seven of these patients recovered completely. Of the 495 thyroidectomies performed at our hospital between 1997 and 2007, only one (0.2%) was complicated by the development of HS. The patient was a 35-year-old woman who underwent total thyroidectomy for Basedow-Graves' disease. Horner's syndrome manifested on postoperative day 2, but without anhydrosis or vascular dilatation of the face, and the symptoms resolved spontaneously 3 days later. The possible causes of HS after thyroidectomy include postoperative hematoma, ischemia-induced neural damage, and stretching of the cervical sympathetic chain by the retractor. The prompt and complete recovery of this patient suggests that the cervical sympathetic chain was damaged by retractor stretching.


Assuntos
Síndrome de Horner/etiologia , Tireoidectomia/efeitos adversos , Adulto , Vértebras Cervicais/inervação , Feminino , Doença de Graves/cirurgia , Humanos , Sistema Nervoso Simpático/anatomia & histologia
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Microsc Res Tech ; 71(8): 606-13, 2008 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18459138

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To explore how morphometry can minimize subjectivity in the assessment of liver nodules in cirrhosis using a novel classification tool. STUDY DESIGN: Ten hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), 6 large regenerative nodules (LRN), and 34 regenerative (cirrhotic) nodules (RN), obtained from cirrhotic explant livers, were analyzed using a Kontron-Zeiss KS400 image analyzer. We generated a morphometric model based on the analysis of volume fractions occupied by hepatocyte nuclei/cytoplasm, sinusoidal endothelium and lumen, neoplastic acini, fibrosis, centrilobular veins, portal arteries, veins and bile ducts, individual lesional arteries (smooth muscle actin), and capillarized sinusoids (CD34), and on surface fraction occupied by reticulin, and number in unit volume and size distribution of hepatocyte nuclei, and mean hepatocyte nucleus diameter and volume. RESULTS: Volume fraction of capillarized sinusoids and of individual lesional arteries were more prominent in HCC and LRNs, when compared with RN, whereas surface fraction of reticulin was markedly decreased in HCC. The morphometric values of these three features were integrated into our classification tool to construct a hybrid system, which reclassified the nodules in the same categories. CONCLUSION: Our novel hybrid classification tool may minimize subjectivity in the histological assessment of nodular lesions in cirrhosis.


Assuntos
Biometria/métodos , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/diagnóstico , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Cirrose Hepática/diagnóstico , Cirrose Hepática/patologia , Artérias/patologia , Capilares/patologia , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador/métodos , Imuno-Histoquímica/métodos , Variações Dependentes do Observador , Reticulina/análise , Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Anal Quant Cytol Histol ; 30(1): 39-46, 2008 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18459586

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cellularity of the adipose tissue and the size of adipocytes in unrelated adults and investigate any correlation between morphometric and anthropometric or clinical variables. STUDY DESIGN: Surgical biopsies of visceral fat (epiploic appendixes) were obtained from the large intestines of 56 patients. A morphometric model was applied to obtain the volume fraction occupied by adipocytes and the size distribution and number in unit volume of the adipocytes. Body mass index (BMI), lifestyle factors, significant body weight variations and clinical disorders (diabetes) were evaluated. RESULTS: Volume fraction occupied by adipocytes and size distribution and number in unit volume of the adipocytes have an opposite trend in underweight, normal and overweight subjects and subjects with referred gain, normal, or loss weight. Regression analysis reveals a significant negative linear relationship between number in unit volume of the adipocytes and BMI and body weight variations. The group of normal patients is characterized by a unimodal size distribution of adipocytes when compared with the group affected by diabetes, who show a likely plurimodal pattern. CONCLUSION: Our observations seem to confirm the hypothesis that hypertrophy, rather than adipose tissue hyperplasia, plays a fundamental role when significant ponderal variations occur in adult life.


Assuntos
Adipócitos/citologia , Índice de Massa Corporal , Peso Corporal , Diabetes Mellitus/patologia , Gordura Intra-Abdominal/citologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antropometria , Contagem de Células , Tamanho Celular , Feminino , Humanos , Gordura Intra-Abdominal/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise de Regressão
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Pathol Int ; 56(11): 712-5, 2006 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17040297

RESUMO

De novo cancer is one of the most serious complications after organ transplantation. Chronic immunosuppression, viral agents, pretransplant chronic alcohol-induced and other addictive behavior-induced injury are important conditions associated with the development of de novo cancers in solid organ transplants. The aim of the study was to evaluate types and clinical course of de novo cancers in adult liver transplant recipients. Data regarding 502 adult patients who underwent to 554 liver transplantations have been collected. Sex, age at transplantation, immunosuppressive regimen, time from transplantation to diagnosis of cancer, cancer type, surgical and non-surgical treatments and follow-up time have been analyzed as well as acute rejection episodes and viral status. Thirty patients developed 31 de novo cancers. The predominant tumors were carcinoma of the skin, lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma. Kaposi's sarcoma and lung cancer were associated with greater mortality. In lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma, a high rate of graft involvement was observed. In liver transplant recipients, de novo cancers demand strategies focusing on prophylactic and careful long-term screening protocols. Lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma should be ruled out in all patients with clinical manifestations of chronic biliary obstruction.


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Transplante de Fígado/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias/patologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/patologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Carcinoma/imunologia , Carcinoma/patologia , Feminino , Humanos , Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido , Imunossupressores/efeitos adversos , Itália/epidemiologia , Transplante de Fígado/imunologia , Linfoma/imunologia , Linfoma/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias/imunologia , Neoplasias/mortalidade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/imunologia , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/mortalidade , Sarcoma de Kaposi/imunologia , Sarcoma de Kaposi/patologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/imunologia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Taxa de Sobrevida
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Cancer Res ; 65(7): 2572-6, 2005 Apr 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15805251

RESUMO

Chromosomal rearrangements are frequently associated with cancer; the mechanisms underlying their cell-type specificity are poorly understood. Papillary thyroid carcinomas are marked by a high frequency of chromosome rearrangements involving the RET and NTRK1 tyrosine kinase receptor genes and producing RET and TRK oncogenes. An explanation for the propensity of thyrocytes to undergo gene rearrangements has been recently proposed by Nikiforova and colleagues, who showed that the recombination between RET and H4 is favored by the loci proximity in interphase nuclei. We investigated whether the spatial proximity is a contributing factor also in the generation of the thyroid-specific TRK oncogenes. The distance between NTRK1 and its oncogenic partner TPR was determined by two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization and two-dimensional microscopy. A three-dimensional reconstruction of the data was also done. We show that the two loci in thyrocytes nuclei display a distance reduced with respect to peripheral blood lymphocytes, thus supporting the notion that spatial proximity of translocation-prone gene loci may favor gene rearrangements.


Assuntos
Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Receptor trkA/genética , Glândula Tireoide/fisiologia , Carcinoma Papilar/genética , Núcleo Celular/genética , Núcleo Celular/ultraestrutura , Células Cultivadas , Cromossomos Humanos Par 1/genética , Rearranjo Gênico , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Complexo de Proteínas Formadoras de Poros Nucleares , Proteínas de Fusão Oncogênica/genética , Oncogenes/genética , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases , Glândula Tireoide/enzimologia , Glândula Tireoide/ultraestrutura , Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide/genética
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Microsc Res Tech ; 65(3): 113-21, 2004 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15605407

RESUMO

Fibrosis and nodular regeneration are the hallmarks of liver cirrhosis. To assess the degree of fibrosis and the severity of the structural changes affecting parenchymal and extraparenchymal components in liver cirrhosis, a computerized morphometric model has been applied to liver specimens from patients undergoing liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis, posthepatitic and alcoholic cirrhosis. Fifty-eight hepatectomy specimens from patients undergoing liver transplantation for cirrhosis were analyzed: 17 alcoholic, 28 posthepatitic (HBV-related and HCV-related cirrhosis), and 13 primary biliary cirrhoses. Liver specimens were fixed in 10% neutral-buffered formalin and embedded in paraffin. Sections were stained with chromotrope-aniline blue method and monoclonal antibodies against cytokeratin 7 and CD31. Volume fractions of parenchymal compartment and fibrosis were stereologically determined on the specimens stained with chromotrope-aniline blue method. Volume fractions of portal bile ducts, proliferated bile ductules, and hepatocytes with biliary metaplasia were measured on cytokeratin 7 stains, while volume fractions of capillary units have been evaluated on CD31 staining. Volume fraction of fibrosis was higher in primary biliary cirrhosis than in the other disease-induced cirrhosis. The main differences were related to immunohistochemical staining. Volume fraction of hepatocytes with biliary metaplasia was higher in HCV-related cirrhosis, whereas volume fractions of biliary structures were more prominent in HBV-related cirrhosis. Primary biliary cirrhosis was characterized by a reduced number of bile ducts and by a wider expression of cytokeratin 7 into periportal hepatocytes. Capillary units were more prominent in primary biliary cirrhosis than alcoholic and posthepatitic cirrhosis. Our computerized morphometric model well describes and quantifies the morphological alterations of the liver and it could represent an adjunctive tool to evaluate the degree of dysplastic phenomena involving parenchymal and extraparenchymal compartments.


Assuntos
Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Cirrose Hepática Alcoólica/patologia , Cirrose Hepática Biliar/patologia , Cirrose Hepática/patologia , Fígado/patologia , Adulto , Feminino , Hepatectomia , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Queratina-7 , Queratinas/análise , Cirrose Hepática/cirurgia , Cirrose Hepática Alcoólica/cirurgia , Cirrose Hepática Biliar/cirurgia , Regeneração Hepática , Transplante de Fígado , Masculino , Microscopia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Molécula-1 de Adesão Celular Endotelial a Plaquetas/análise , Coloração e Rotulagem
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Lab Invest ; 84(11): 1404-17, 2004 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15378070

RESUMO

It is known that chemotherapy induces alopecia in humans, with important psychological and social implications in spite of its reversibility. Among chemotherapeutic drugs, anthracyclines are widely used, yet cause severe alopecia. One of the causes for the elevated sensibility of hair follicles to anthracyclines, and to drugs in general, is the high proliferation rate of follicular epithelium and the long duration of the growth phase (up to 7 years in humans). To clarify the mechanism of anthracycline toxicity, we used a rat model and focused our attention on the morphological alterations in hair follicles induced by doxorubicin. We observed the progression of hair follicle degeneration in the epithelial and mesenchymal compartments until alopecia arose, by both light and electron microscopy. As a first sign of damage, significant apoptosis was detected in the proximal perifollicular connective tissue sheath and sporadically in the matrix, near the interface between matrix and follicular papilla. We propose the apoptotic remodeling of the mesenchymal compartment as a process that is fundamental to the progression of events leading to alopecia. Regarding the epithelial compartment, it is important to note that oncosis was observed in a large number of follicular cells in the outer root sheath during the last stages of hair follicle regression. This indicates that oncosis is involved in a major way in the damage of epithelial cells.


Assuntos
Alopecia/induzido quimicamente , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/toxicidade , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Doxorrubicina/toxicidade , Epitélio/patologia , Folículo Piloso/efeitos dos fármacos , Mesoderma/patologia , Alopecia/patologia , Animais , Animais Lactentes , Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Compartimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Doxorrubicina/administração & dosagem , Epitélio/efeitos dos fármacos , Folículo Piloso/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Folículo Piloso/patologia , Injeções Intraperitoneais , Mesoderma/efeitos dos fármacos , Necrose , Oncostatina M , Peptídeos , Ratos
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Cleft Palate Craniofac J ; 41(3): 262-7, 2004 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15151441

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To supply quantitative information about the facial soft tissues of patients with ectodermal dysplasia (ED). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: The three-dimensional coordinates of soft tissue facial landmarks were obtained using an electromagnetic digitizer in 20 Caucasian patients with ED (11 male and 9 female patients aged 7 to 41 years) and 391 healthy controls (163 female and 228 male subjects of comparable ages). From the landmarks, 15 facial dimensions and two angles were calculated. Data were compared with those collected in healthy individuals by computing z-scores. Two summary anthropometric measurements for quantifying craniofacial variations were assessed in both the patients and reference subjects: the mean z-score (an index of overall facial size) and its standard deviation, called the craniofacial variability index (an index of facial harmony). RESULTS: In patients with ED, a large variability was found for both the mean z-score and the craniofacial variability index. On average, the patients had a somewhat smaller facial size than the normal individuals, with a global disharmonious appearance. Overall, 70% of patients fell outside the quantitative definitions for normal facial size, harmony or both. When examining the distribution of the single z-scores of the 17 selected measurements, variable patterns were found, without consistent effects of age or sex. CONCLUSIONS: The facial soft tissue structures of patients with ED differed both in size and shape from those of normal controls of the same age, sex, and ethnic group.


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Displasia Ectodérmica/patologia , Face/anormalidades , Adolescente , Adulto , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Cefalometria/métodos , Criança , Fácies , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Masculino
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Brain Res ; 994(1): 67-72, 2003 Dec 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14642449

RESUMO

The expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the central nervous system (CNS) and the expression of its high-affinity trkB receptor on neuron surfaces are known to depend on neuron activity. The expression of BDNF (mRNA and protein) and trkB mRNA shows circadian oscillations in rat hippocampal homogenates. We investigated circadian variations in trkB expression in specific areas of the adult rat hippocampal formation by immunohistochemistry. In sets of two experiments performed in the spring, 39 2-month-old male Wistar rats were accustomed to a 12-h light-12-h dark cycle for 2 weeks. Three animals were then sacrificed every 4 h. Forty-micrometer-thick coronal sections of hippocampal formation were obtained and processed for trkB immunohistochemistry. Cell staining intensity was assessed by image analysis of different hippocampal areas on five sections per animal. Circadian rhythmicity was evaluated by the cosinor method. Statistically significant circadian variations in trkB expression were found in dentate gyrus, entorhinal cortex, and the CA3 and hilar regions of the hippocampus, with highest expression during the first half of the dark (activity) period. These findings suggest a relationship between trkB expression and the physiological neuronal activation of wakefulness. TrkB receptor expression in the hippocampal regions studied was continuous and changes were gradual over the 24-h cycle, suggesting that more complex regulatory mechanisms also intervened.


Assuntos
Ritmo Circadiano/fisiologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Receptor trkB/análise , Receptor trkB/biossíntese , Animais , Masculino , RNA Mensageiro/biossíntese , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Receptor trkB/genética
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Ann Plast Surg ; 51(4): 390-7, 2003 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14520067

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Nasal morphology was assessed three-dimensionally in 18 cleft lip and palate operated patients aged 19 to 27 years, and in 161 sex- and age-matched control subjects. Comparisons were performed by Student t and Watson-Williams' tests. No differences were found in nasal volume or surface. Nasal width, alar base width, and inferior width of the nostrils were significantly larger in male patients than in the reference men. The nasal bridge was shorter. Similar differences were found in the female patients. In addition, the right nostril was larger and the nasal height shorter. In men, the nasolabial and the nasal tip angles were smaller in the patients than in the reference subjects, whereas the facial convexity angle was larger in the patients. In conclusion, the nose of adult operated cleft lip and palate patients differed from that of normal control subjects. Surgical corrections of the cleft lip and palate failed to provide a completely normal appearance. The methods might be used to indicate where additional procedures might be performed to approximate a reference population.


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Fenda Labial/patologia , Fissura Palatina/patologia , Nariz/patologia , Adulto , Fenda Labial/cirurgia , Fissura Palatina/cirurgia , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Masculino
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Early Hum Dev ; 74(1): 27-35, 2003 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14512179

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Follicular growth in the mammalian ovary follows a geographically determined pattern, but no exhaustive data about their spatial localization in the cortex of human ovary exists. AIM: The aim of this study is to assess the spatial position of the follicles during human ovarian definitive histogenesis using morphometric methods. SUBJECTS: Ovaries removed from four fetuses, five newborns and one 8-month-old child with 46,XX karyotype was used. OUTCOME MEASURES: The position of the different follicle categories (primordial, primary, secondary and antral) was estimated as percentage distance of the centroid of the follicle from the cortico-medullary boundary. RESULTS: In normal ovaries, during definitive histogenesis, the primordial follicles progressively occupy more peripheral parts of the cortex (on average, 41% of cortical length at 20 weeks of fetal development, 53% at birth, 68% at 8 postnatal months). Primary follicles were crowded in the inner part of the cortex (newborn: 30-40% of cortical length; 8 months: 52% of cortical length). Secondary and antral follicles were sampled in all neonatal specimens and in the 8-month old specimen; they were grouped next to the cortico-medullary boundary. CONCLUSIONS: Ovarian development corresponded to a migration of the maximum crowding of follicles from a position next to the medulla towards a more peripheral location. The control of the primordial follicle assembly, recruitment and development are coordinated by locally produced paracrine factors. The action of these factors seems to follow a negative gradient from the cortex toward the medulla.


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Morfogênese , Organogênese/fisiologia , Folículo Ovariano/embriologia , Folículo Ovariano/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Feminino , Feto , Idade Gestacional , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Folículo Ovariano/citologia
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Mod Pathol ; 15(8): 798-806, 2002 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12181264

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To assess the degree of fibrosis and the structural changes affecting parenchymal and extraparenchymal components in liver cirrhosis, a computerized morphometric model has been applied to liver specimens from patients with posthepatitic and alcoholic cirrhosis. All specimens have been stained with chromotrope-aniline blue method and monoclonal antibodies against cytokeratin 7, CD31, and VIII factor. Volume fractions of parenchymal compartment and fibrosis have been determined stereologically on CAB slices; moreover, volume fractions of portal bile ducts and proliferated bile ductules, hepatocytes with biliary metaplasia, capillary units, and vascular structures have been measured. Volume fraction of fibrosis was higher in alcoholic cirrhosis when compared with the case of posthepatitic cirrhosis. Volume fractions describing parenchymal compartment showed a similar trend in both viral groups. The main differences were related to immunohistochemical stainings. Volume fraction of hepatocytes with biliary metaplasia was higher in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis, whereas volume fractions of biliary structures were more prominent in hepatitis B virus-related cirrhosis. Capillary units were more prominent in posthepatitic cirrhosis than in alcoholic cirrhosis. Interestingly, both forms of posthepatitic cirrhosis show similar features when compared with alcoholic cirrhosis. Our computerized morphometric model well describes and quantifies the morphological alterations of the liver, and it could represent an adjunctive tool to evaluate the degree of dysplastic phenomena involving parenchymal and extraparenchymal components.


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Fibrose/patologia , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Cirrose Hepática Alcoólica/patologia , Adulto , Feminino , Hepatite B/complicações , Hepatite C/complicações , Hepatócitos/patologia , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Cirrose Hepática/etiologia , Cirrose Hepática/metabolismo , Cirrose Hepática/patologia , Cirrose Hepática Alcoólica/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade
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