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3. Molecular differentiation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, A. cantonensis, and A. vasorum by polymerase chain reaction- restriction fragment length polymorphism

Author

Caldeira Roberta L, Carvalho Omar S, Mendonça Cristiane LFG, Graeff-Teixeira Carlos, Silva Márcia CF, Ben Renata, Maurer Rafael, Lima Walter S, and Lenzi Henrique L

Subjects
Angiostrongylus, polymerase chain reaction, restriction fragment length polymorphism, second internal transcribed spacer, cytochrome oxidase I, Microbiology, QR1-502, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, A. costaricensis, and A. vasorum are etiologic agents of human parasitic diseases. Their identification, at present, is only possible by examining the adult worm after a 40-day period following infection of vertebrate hosts with the third-stage larvae. In order to obtain a diagnostic tool to differentiate larvae and adult worm from the three referred species, polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism was carried out. The rDNA second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) and mtDNA cytochrome oxidase I regions were amplified, followed by digestion of fragments with the restriction enzymes RsaI, HapII, AluI, HaeIII, DdeI and ClaI. The enzymes RsaI and ClaI exhibited the most discriminating profiles for the differentiation of the regions COI of mtDNA and ITS2 of rDNA respectively. The methodology using such regions proved to be efficient for the specific differentiation of the three species of Angiostrongylus under study.

Published
2003

4. Experimental models of Schistosoma mansoni infection

Author

Cheever Allen W, Lenzi Jane A, Lenzi Henrique L, and Andrade Zilton A

Subjects
Schistosoma mansoni, experimental models, schistosomiasis, Microbiology, QR1-502, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

Experimental models of Schistosoma mansoni infections in mammals have contributed greatly to our understanding of the pathology and pathogenesis of infection. We consider here hepatic and extrahepatic disease in models of acute and chronic infection. Experimental schistosome infections have also contributed more broadly to our understanding of granulomatous inflammation and our understanding of Th1 versus Th2 related inflammation and particularly to Th2-mediated fibrosis of the liver.

Published
2002

14. Germinal center architecture disturbance during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection in CBA mice

Author

Pelajo-Machado Marcelo, Daniel-Ribeiro Claudio T, Ferreira-da-Cruz Maria F, Carvalho Leonardo JM, and Lenzi Henrique L

Subjects
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
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Abstract Background Immune responses to malaria blood stage infection are in general defective, with the need for long-term exposure to the parasite to achieve immunity, and with the development of immunopathology states such as cerebral malaria in many cases. One of the potential reasons for the difficulty in developing protective immunity is the poor development of memory responses. In this paper, the potential association of cellular reactivity in lymphoid organs (spleen, lymph nodes and Peyer's patches) with immunity and pathology was evaluated during Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection in CBA mice. Methods CBA mice were infected with 1 × 106 P. berghei ANKA-parasitized erythrocytes and killed on days 3, 6–8 and 10 of infection. The spleen, lymph nodes and Peyer's patches were collected, fixed in Carson's formalin, cut in 5 μm sections, mounted in glass slides, stained with Lennert's Giemsa and haematoxylin-eosin and analysed with bright-field microscopy. Results Early (day 3) strong activation of T cells in secondary lymphoid organs was observed and, on days 6–8 of infection, there was overwhelming activation of B cells, with loss of conventional germinal center architecture, intense centroblast activation, proliferation and apoptosis but little differentiation to centrocytes. In the spleen, the marginal zone disappeared and the limits between the disorganized germinal center and the red pulp were blurred. Intense plasmacytogenesis was observed in the T cell zone. Conclusion The observed alterations, especially the germinal center architecture disturbance (GCAD) with poor centrocyte differentiation, suggest that B cell responses during P. berghei ANKA infection in mice are defective, with potential impact on B cell memory responses.

Published
2007
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15. Parasites or Cohabitants: Cruel Omnipresent Usurpers or Creative 'Éminences Grises'?

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Vannier-Santos, Marcos A. and Lenzi, Henrique L.

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This paper presents many types of interplays between parasites and the host, showing the history of parasites, the effects of parasites on the outcome of wars, invasions, migrations, and on the development of numerous regions of the globe, and the impact of parasitic diseases on the society and on the course of human evolution. It also emphasizes the pressing need to change the look at the parasitism phenomenon, proposing that the term “cohabitant” is more accurate than parasite, because every living being, from bacteria to mammals, is a consortium of living beings in the pangenome. Even the term parasitology should be replaced by cohabitology because there is no parasite alone and host alone: both together compose a new adaptive system: the parasitized-host or the cohabitant-cohabited being. It also suggests switching the old paradigm based on attrition and destruction, to a new one founded on adaptation and living together.

Published
2011
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16. Experimental models of Schistosoma mansoni infection

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Cheever, Allen W, Lenzi, Jane A, Lenzi, Henrique L, and Andrade, Zilton A

Subjects
schistosomiasis, parasitic diseases, experimental models, Schistosoma mansoni
Abstract

Experimental models of Schistosoma mansoni infections in mammals have contributed greatly to our understanding of the pathology and pathogenesis of infection. We consider here hepatic and extrahepatic disease in models of acute and chronic infection. Experimental schistosome infections have also contributed more broadly to our understanding of granulomatous inflammation and our understanding of Th1 versus Th2 related inflammation and particularly to Th2-mediated fibrosis of the liver.

Published
2002

20. First record of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Brazil

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Caldeira, Roberta Lima, primary, Mendonça, Cristiane LGF, additional, Goveia, Christiane Oliveira, additional, Lenzi, Henrique L, additional, Graeff-Teixeira, Carlos, additional, Lima, Walter S, additional, Mota, Ester M, additional, Pecora, Iracy Lea, additional, Medeiros, Aline Maria Zigiotto de, additional, and Carvalho, Omar dos Santos, additional

Published
2007
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23. Freshwater sponge spicules: a new agent of ocular pathology

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Volkmer-Ribeiro, Cecilia, primary, Lenzi, Henrique L, additional, Oréfice, Fernando, additional, Pelajo-Machado, Marcelo, additional, Alencar, Leandro M de, additional, Fonseca, Carlos F, additional, Batista, Twiggy CA, additional, Manso, Pedro PA, additional, Coelho, Janice, additional, and Machado, Marcelo, additional

Published
2006
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28. Cyclooxygenase-2-Derived Prostaglandin E2 and Lipoxin A4 Accelerate Resolution of Allergic Edema in Angiostrongylus costaricensis-Infected Rats: Relationship with Concurrent Eosinophilia

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Bandeira-Melo, Christianne, primary, Serra, Magda F., additional, Diaz, Bruno L., additional, Cordeiro, Renato S. B., additional, Silva, Patricia M. R., additional, Lenzi, Henrique L., additional, Bakhle, Y. S., additional, Serhan, Charles N., additional, and Martins, Marco A., additional

Published
2000
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40. Acute and Chronic Human Adenovirus Pneumonia: Cellular and Extracellular Matrix Components

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Rosman, Fernando C., Mistchenko, Alicia S., Ladenheim, Hilda S., do Nascimento, Jussara P., Outani, Heloisa N., Madi, Kalil, and Lenzi, Henrique L.

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We present a comparative histopathological study of both acute and chronic human adenovirus pneumonia, with reference to the cellular and extracellular matrix components. Seventeen lungs from autopsied patients whose ages ranged from 2 to 60 months were studied. Adenovirus types 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 were isolated from 15 patients with acute lung disease, and types 2 and 7 were isolated from the other two patients with chronic pulmonary illness. The results indicated the occurrence of two basic patterns of adenovirus interstitial pneumonia: (1) classic pattern (acute), characterized by necrosis and degeneration and many type II pneumocytes with intranuclear inclusion bodies, which were positive for adenovirus DNA by in situ hybridization, and (2) proliferative or proliferative-productive pattern (chronic), which presented with diffuse pulmonary fibrosis and the interstitial proliferation of fibroblast-like cells, compatible with myofibroblasts (positive for vimentin and α smooth muscle actin), and increase in collagen types I and III, elastic fibers, and proteoglycans. Alveolar collapse appears to be an important pathogenetic mechanism in the development of this pattern.

Published
1996
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41. Neutrophil oxidative metabolism and killing of P. brasiliensisafter air pouch infection of susceptible and resistant mice

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Meloni‐Bruneri, Lucia Helena, Campa, Ana, Abdalla, Dulcineia S. P., Calich, Vera Lucia Garcia, Lenzi, Henrique L., and Burger, Eva

Abstract

The oxidative burst of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and their ability to inhibit Paracoccidioides brasiliensisgrowth was studied in susceptible (B10.A) and resistant (A/J) mice. The cells were obtained after subcutaneous inoculation in air pouches, yielding highly pure PMN preparations; the number of cells was similar for both strains at 24 h and five times higher in the resistant strain at 15 days. The oxidative metabolism of these PMN was evaluated by the luminol and lucigen‐enhanced chemiluminescence upon stimulation with PMA or killed P.brasiliensis (Pb). At 24 h of infection PMN from both strains showed similar responses. However, at 15 days a great enhancement of the Pb‐stimulated luminol‐enhanced chemiluminescence was observed only in PMN from resistant mice. Such increase was markedly inhibited by the addition of catalase. Independent of the mouse strain or time of infection the lucigenin‐enhanced chemiluminescence showed the same intensity. The lucigenin‐enhanced chemiluminescence of PMN without stimuli from resistant mice did not change with the time of infection, however, after 15 days of infection a significantly lower chemiluminescence was detected with PMN from susceptible mice. At 15 days of infection the PMN from B10.A were unable to kill P. brasiliensisyeast cells in vitro. Because the lucigenin‐ and luminol‐enhanced chemiluminescence detects, respectively, the O2‐production and the myeloperoxidase/hydrogen peroxide halide system, the present data show parallels between deficiency in the production of oxygen‐reactive species by PMN and lower fungicidal activity.

Published
1996
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