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Study of tissue inflammatory response in different mice strains infected by dem...

Abstract: Background: Diseases caused by melanized fungi include mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and phaeohyphomycosis. This broad clinical spectrum depends on the dynamic interactions between etiologic agent and host. The immune status of the host influences on the development of the disease, as, an exemple. phaeohyphomicosis is more frequently observed in immunocompromised patients. Objectives: Examine the hist...

Plasma cell leukemia with t(11;14)(q13;q32) simulating lymphoplasmacytic lympho...

Increased angiogenesis in primary myelofibrosis: latent transforming growth fac...

Objective: The aim of this work was to demonstrate a possible relationship between anti-latency-associated peptide human latent transforming growth factor beta 1 (latent TGF-β1) expression in megakaryocytes and microvascular density in bone marrow biopsies from patients with essential thrombocythemia and primary myelofibrosis. Methods: Microvascular density was evaluated by immunohistochemical analysis and the ...

Expressão da proteína tgfbeta1 em coração irradiado in vivo

OBJETIVO: Avaliar, no coração, por imuno-histoquímica, a localização das proteínas TGFbeta1 latente e TGFbeta1 ativa, se ocorre ativação radioinduzida da proteína TGFbeta1 latente, e a distribuição das fibras colágenas em diversos períodos de tempo após irradiação. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Trinta e dois camundongos isogênicos (C57BL) foram divididos em dois grupos: GI (não irradiado), com 12 animais, e GII (irradia...

Elevação dos níveis séricos de laminina na cirrose hepática induzida pelo tetra...

RACIONAL: Laminina sérica tem sido correlacionada com a hipertensão portal e a capilarização dos sinusóides na doença hepática crônica. Pouco é conhecido sobre sua dinâmica nas doenças hepáticas. OBJETIVO: Estudar os níveis séricos de laminina e correlacioná-los com graus de fibrose hepática e hipertensão portal em ratos tratados com tetracloreto de carbono. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Quarenta e nove ratos albinos Wist...

Hyperfibrotic myelodysplasia: case report with response to steroid therapy

Context: Bone marrow fibrosis is observed in different clonal hematological disorders including myeloproliferative diseases, acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes. In myelodysplastic syndrome a new clinical-pathological entity with significant increase in reticulin fibers has been suggested, and the term hyperfibrotic myelodysplasia was used to define it. Bone marrow biopsy shows increased reticulin fib...

Prognostic factors in non-Hodgkin lymphomas

CONTEXT: In Hodgkin's disease, each clinical or pathologic stage can be related to the extent of the area involved and predicts the next anatomical region at risk for tumor dissemination. OBJECTIVE: To determine the best prognostic factors that could predict survival in non-Hodgkin lymphoma cases. DESIGN: A retrospective study. LOCATION: Department of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Universidade Federal de...

Prognosis related to staging systems for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

CONTEXT: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a clonal lymphoproliferative disorder, characterized by B lymphocytic proliferation. CLL is the most frequent adult leukemia in Western countries, accounting for 25 to 30% of all white leukemic patients. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical and staging characteristics in prognosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. DESIGN: Evaluation of clinical-staging data. SETTING: Uni...

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): prognostic factors and scoring systems

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the score systems of Cassano and Sanz and suggest a new one. DESIGN: Case series. LOCATION: Teaching hospitals: EPM UNIFESP and Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu. PARTICIPANTS: 59 patients diagnosed from 1979 to 1992. INTERVENTION: Evaluation of clinical-laboratorial data. MEASUREMENT: Statistical comparison, uni and multivariate analysis and actuarial survival curves. RESULTS: Cassano's ...

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML): prognostic factors and survival analysis

The prognostic value of different factors upon diagnosis of CML was analysed in 45 Philadelphia (Ph1)-positive patients. The median survival was 48 months. Univariate analysis showed 5 poor prognostic factors (male sex, under 45 years-old, bone marrow blasts greater than or equal to 10 percent, blood basophils greater than or equal to 6 percent and blood eosinophils greater than or equal to 6 percent) which pro...