ALESSANDRA CRESCENZI
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/37 - Laboratório de Transplante e Cirurgia de Fígado, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/37 - Laboratório de Transplante e Cirurgia de Fígado, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Gastric fundus submucosa as a site for islets transplantation: An experimental study(2018) MESQUITA, Gustavo Heluani Antunes de; JARDIM, Yuri Justi; IUAMOTO, Leandro Ryuchi; SUGUITA, Fabio Yuji; ESSU, Felipe Futema; OLIVEIRA, Lucas Torres; MEYER, Alberto; CRESCENZI, Alessandra; ROCHA-SANTOS, Vinicius; GALVAO, Flavio H. F.; ANDRAUS, Wellington; CHAIB, Eleazar; D'ALBUQUERQUE, Luiz Augusto CarneiroBackground: Islets of Langerhans transplantation is a promising alternative for glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes. The graft site is a factor that has large impact on the functioning of this transplant, and the stomach appears to be a promising location. Our objective is to describe a new experimental model for the grafting of Islets of Langerhans in rat stomachs. Methodology: Islets of Langerhans were extracted from 45 isogenic male rats of the Lewis lineage and transplanted into 9 isogenic rats of the Wistar lineage; 5 in the gastric body submucosa, and 4 in the gastric fundus submucosa. Normoglycemia was defined as two successive measurements of < 250 mg/dL. No immunosuppression was used. The two groups glycemia control improvement were compared with t-student test. Results: The results obtained following the transplantation of the islets in 9 rats showed between 995 and 2310 islets transplanted (mean of 1367). The rats from the gastric submucosa group had a better glycemic level improvement, with a confidence equal to 83.94%. Conclusion: Islets graft into the gastric fundus submucosa is a viable model with potential for adequate glycemic control. This model gives potential for new perspectives and future studies in this area.
- The impact of obesity in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study(2024) CARRA, Fabio Alfano; MELO, Maria Edna de; STUMPF, Matheo A. M.; CERCATO, Cintia; FERNANDES, Ariana E.; MANCINI, Marcio C.; HIROTA, Adriana; KANASIRO, Alberto Kendy; CRESCENZI, Alessandra; FERNANDES, Amanda Coelho; MIETHKE-MORAIS, Anna; BELLINTANI, Arthur Petrillo; CANASIRO, Artur Ribeiro; CARNEIRO, Barbara Vieira; ZANBON, Beatriz Keiko; PINHEIRO, Bernardo; BATISTA, Senna Nogueira; NICOLAO, Bianca Ruiz; BESEN, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro; BISELLI, Bruno; MACEDO, Bruno Rocha De; TOLEDO, Caio Machado Gomes De; CARVALHO, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro De; MOL, Caroline Gomes; STIPANICH, Cassio; BUENO, Caue Gasparotto; GARZILLO, Cibele; TANAKA, Clarice; FORTE, Daniel Neves; JOELSONS, Daniel; ROBIRA, Daniele; COSTA, Eduardo Leite Vieira; SILVA JUNIOR, Elson Mendes Da; REGALIO, Fabiane Aliotti; SEGURA, Gabriela Cardoso; LOURO, Giulia Sefrin; MARCELINO, Gustavo Brasil; HO, Yeh-Li; FERREIRA, Isabela Argollo; GOIS, Jeison Oliveira; SILVA-JR, Joao Manoel Da; JUNIOR, Jose Otto Reusing; RIBEIRO, Julia Fray; FERREIRA, Juliana Carvalho; GALLETI, Karine Vusberg; SILVA, Katia Regina; ISENSEE, Larissa Padrao; OLIVEIRA, Larissa Santos; TANIGUCHI, Leandro Utino; LETAIF, Leila Suemi; LIMA, Ligia Trombetta; PARK, Lucas Yongsoo; NETTO, Lucas Chaves; NOBREGA, Luciana Cassimiro; HADDAD, Luciana Bertocco Paiva; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao; MALBOUISSON, Luiz Marcelo Sa; PANDOLFI, Manuela Cristina Adsuara; PARK, Marcelo; CARMONA, Maria Jose Carvalho; ANDRADE, Maria Castilho Prandini H.; SANTOS, Mariana Moreira; BATELOCHE, Matheus Pereira; SUIAMA, Mayra Akimi; OLIVEIRA, Mayron Faria de; SOUSA, Mayson Laercio; GARCIA, Michelle Louvaes; HUEMER, Natassja; MENDES, Pedro Vitale; LINS, Paulo Ricardo Gessolo; SANTOS, Pedro Gaspar Dos; MOREIRA, Pedro Ferreira Paiva; GUAZZELLI, Renata Mello; REIS, Renato Batista Dos; DALTRO-OLIVEIRA, Renato; ROEPKE, Roberta Muriel Longo; PEDRO, Rodolpho Augusto Moura; KONDO, Rodrigo; RACHED, Samia Zahi; FONSECA, Sergio Roberto Silveira Da; BORGES, Thais Sousa; FERREIRA, Thalissa; JUNIOR, Vilson Cobello; SALES, Vivian Vieira Tenorio; FERREIRA, Willaby Serafim CassaBackground Obesity is believed to be a risk factor for COVID-19 and unfavorable outcomes, although data on this remains to be better elucidated.Objective To evaluate the impact of obesity on the endpoints of patients hospitalized due to SARS-CoV-2.Methods This retrospective cohort study evaluated patients hospitalized at a tertiary hospital (Hospital das Cl & iacute;nicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP) from March to December 2020. Only patients positive for COVID-19 (real-time PCR or serology) were included. Data were collected from medical records and included clinical and demographic information, weight and height, SAPS-3 score, comorbidities, and patient-centered outcomes (mortality, and need for mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy, or vasoactive drugs). Patients were divided into categories according to their BMI (underweight, eutrophic, overweight and obesity) for comparison porpoise.Results A total of 2547 patients were included. The mean age was 60.3 years, 56.2% were men, 65.2% were white and the mean BMI was 28.1 kg/m(2). SAPS-3 score was a risk factor for all patient-centered outcomes (HR 1.032 for mortality, OR 1.03 for dialysis, OR 1.07 for vasoactive drug use, and OR 1.08 for intubation, p < 0.05). Male sex increased the risk of death (HR 1.175, p = 0.027) and dialysis (OR 1.64, p < 0.001), and underweight was protective for vasoactive drug use (OR 0.45, p = 0.027) and intubation (OR 0.31, p < 0.003).Conclusion Obesity itself was not an independent factor for worse patient-centered outcomes. Critical clinical state (indirectly evaluated by SAPS-3) appears to be the most important variable related to hard outcomes in patients infected with COVID-19.
- Trophic effects of adipose derived stem cells on Langerhans islets viability - Review(2015) DIETRICH, Isa; CRESCENZI, Alessandra; CHAIB, Elezar; D'ALBUQUERQUE, Luiz Augusto CarneiroLangerhans islets transplantation has been proposed to provide an endogenous source of insulin in Type I diabetes. However, the hypoxic stress and the receptor's immune reaction suffered by the implants cause them to fail in sustaining the insulin production along the time. Experimental studies have shown that adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) can secrete cytokines that activate free radical scavengers, antioxidants and chaperone heat/shock proteins leading to reduction of apoptosis in damaged tissues. Therefore, using the PubMed database, we reviewed the experimental studies that investigated the trophic effects of ADSCs on Langerhans islets viability, in vitro and in vivo, from 2009 to 2014. We excluded articles that investigated the effects of other types of mesenchymal stem cells on beta-cell survival as well articles that worked in the differentiation of ADSCs into insulin producing cells. The analysis of the experiments revealed that exposure of islets to ADSCs in vitro, even for a short period of time, can enhance islet cell viability and function. In vivo studies also corroborated the trophic effects of ADSCs leading to the improvement of islet function and reduction of the number of the islets required for controlling the receptor's glucose levels. This review can contribute to guide future experiments loolcing for a long term diabetes treatment employing ADSC trophic effects for the enhancement of transplanted Langerhans islet viability and functioning.