LUIZ FERNANDO FERRAZ DA SILVA
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Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/05 - Laboratório de Poluição Atmosférica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/05 - Laboratório de Poluição Atmosférica Experimental, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Polarized Macrophages in the Perivascular Adipose Tissue Were Correlated With Atherosclerotic Plaque Components in Coronary Arteries: An Autopsy Study(2019) FARIAS-ITAO, Daniela S.; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos A.; ANDRADE, Renato A.; SILVA, Luiz Fernando F.; CAMPO, Alexandre B.; SUEMOTO, Claudia K.- Aorta Rupture Assay: Comparing the Failure Pressure of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Normal Abdominal Aorta Specimens(2019) GOMES, Vivian C.; RAGHAVAN, Madhavan L.; SILVA, Luiz F. da; ZYNGIER, Selene; SILVESTRE, Gina; QUEIROZ, Alexandre; MARQUES, Michele A.; SILVA, Erasmo S. da
- Group for Research In Pathology Education (GRIPE) 2019 Annual Winter Meeting-Making Pathology Relevant for Millennials: Challenges in teaching the new generation of medical students, using technology tools and enhancing pathology education in the 21st century, 48th Annual Winter Meeting, Jan 24-26th, 2019, New Orleans, LA(2019) KOTEESWARAN, Rajasekaran; DUDREY, Ellen; SILVA, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da; KREISLE, Regina; MANGLIK, Niti; OLSON, Kristin; PADILLA, Osvaldo; RUGGIERO, Francesca; RUSSELL, Barbara; SAXENA, Ritcha; WILLIAMS, Nicole; TALMON, Geoffrey
- Structural alterations and markers of endothelial activation in pulmonary and bronchial arteries in fatal asthma(2019) ROSSI, Renata Calciolari; ANONNI, Raquel; FERREIRA, Diogenes Seraphim; SILVA, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da; MAUAD, ThaisBackground There is interest in better understanding vessel pathology in asthma, given the findings of loss of peripheral vasculature associated with disease severity by imaging and altered markers of endothelial activation. To date, vascular changes in asthma have been described mainly at the submucosal capillary level of the bronchial microcirculation, with sparse information available on the pathology of bronchial and pulmonary arteries. The aim of this study was to describe structural and endothelial activation markers in bronchial arteries (BAs) and pulmonary arteries (PAs) of asthma patients who died during a fatal asthma attack. Methods Autopsy lung tissue was obtained from 21 smoking and non-smoking patients who died of an asthma attack and nine non-smoking control patients. Verhoeff-Masson trichrome staining was used to analyse the structure of arteries. Using immuno-histochemistry and image analyses, we quantified extracellular matrix (ECM) components (collagen I, collagen III, versican, tenascin, fibronectin, elastic fibres), adhesion molecules [vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1)] and markers of vascular tone/dysfunction [endothelin-1 (ET-1) and angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2)] in PAs and BAs. Results There were no significant differences in ECM components, ICAM-1, ET-1 or AT2 between asthma patients and controls. Smoking asthma patients presented with decreased content of collagen III in both BA (p = 0.046) and PA (p = 0.010) walls compared to non-smoking asthma patients. Asthma patients had increased VCAM-1 content in the BA wall (p = 0.026) but not in the PA wall. Conclusion Our data suggest that the mechanisms linking asthma and arterial functional abnormalities might involve systemic rather than local mediators. Loss of collagen III in the PA was observed in smoking asthma patients, and this was compatible with the degradative environment induced by cigarette smoking. Our data also reinforce the idea that the mechanisms of leukocyte efflux via adhesion molecules differ between bronchial and pulmonary circulation, which might be relevant to understanding and treating the distal lung in asthma.
- Pulmonary remodeling after ARDS: a new experimental model(2019) GONCALVES, Cintia Tokio Reis; GONCALVES, Carlos Gustavo Oliveira Reis; COSTA, Natalia De S. X.; RIBEIRO, Gabriel; ASSIS, Edson F. De; SILVA, Luiz Fernando F. Da; CALDINI, Elia Garcia; FARIA-NETO, Hugo Caire C.; DOLHNIKOFF, Marisa
- Ultrasound-guided minimally invasive autopsy as a tool for rapid post-mortem diagnosis in the 2018 Sao Paulo yellow fever epidemic: Correlation with conventional autopsy(2019) DUARTE-NETO, Amaro Nunes; MONTEIRO, Renata Aparecida de Almeida; JOHNSSON, Janaina; CUNHA, Marielton dos Passos; POUR, Shahab Zaki; SARAIVA, Amanda Cartagenes; HO, Yeh-Li; SILVA, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da; MAUAD, Thais; ZANOTTO, Paolo Marinho de Andrade; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; OLIVEIRA, Ilka Regina Souza de; DOLHNIKOFF, MarisaBackground New strategies for collecting post-mortem tissue are necessary, particularly in areas with emerging infections. Minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) has been proposed as an alternative to conventional autopsy (CA), with promising results. Previous studies using MIA addressed the cause of death in adults and children in developing countries. However, none of these studies was conducted in areas with an undergoing infectious disease epidemic. We have recently experienced an epidemic of yellow fever (YF) in Brazil. Aiming to provide new information on low-cost post-mortem techniques that could be applied in regions at risk for infectious outbreaks, we tested the efficacy of ultrasound-guided MIA (MIA-US) in the diagnosis of patients who died during the epidemic. Methodology/principal findings In this observational study, we performed MIA-US in 20 patients with suspected or confirmed YF and compared the results with those obtained in subsequent CAs. Ultrasound-guided biopsies were used for tissue sampling of liver, kidneys, lungs, spleen, and heart. Liver samples from MIA-US and CA were submitted for RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry for detection of YF virus antigen. Of the 20 patients, 17 had YF diagnosis confirmed after autopsy by histopathological and molecular analysis. There was 100% agreement between MIA-US and CA in determining the cause of death (panlobular hepatitis with hepatic failure) and main disease (yellow fever). Further, MIA-US obtained samples with good quality for molecular studies and for the assessment of the systemic involvement of the disease. Main extrahepatic findings were pulmonary hemorrhage, pneumonia, acute tubular necrosis, and glomerulonephritis. One patient was a 24-year-old, 27-week pregnant woman; MIA-US assessed the placenta and provided adequate placental tissue for analysis. Conclusions MIA-US is a reliable tool for rapid post-mortem diagnosis of yellow fever and can be used as an alternative to conventional autopsy in regions at risk for hemorrhagic fever outbreaks with limited resources to perform complete diagnostic autopsy. Author summary Reliable mortality information is of paramount importance to establish sound public health policies. Autopsy is an important tool not only for determining the cause of death, but also for the detection of novel diseases. In the last decades, we have been globally identifying an unprecedented number of emerging infections. Therefore, there is great interest in the development of less invasive and low-cost tools for the accurate post-mortem diagnosis in fatal cases. Minimally invasive autopsy (MIA), conceived as targeting diagnostic biopsies of key organs by needle puncture, has been proposed as an alternative to conventional autopsy (CA) for the determination of cause of death in developing countries. In this research, we tested the efficacy of MIA in the post-mortem diagnosis of 20 patients with suspected or confirmed yellow fever who died during the recent epidemic of yellow fever that occurred in Brazil. There was a perfect agreement between MIA and CA in determining the cause of death (hepatic failure) and main disease (yellow fever) in all patients with confirmed yellow fever. This finding indicates that MIA can be used as an alternative to CA in regions at risk for infectious disease outbreaks with limited resources to perform conventional autopsies.
- B Lymphocytes and Macrophages in the Perivascular Adipose Tissue Are Associated With Coronary Atherosclerosis: An Autopsy Study(2019) FARIAS-ITAO, Daniela Souza; PASQUALUCCI, Carlos Augusto; NISHIZAWA, Aline; SILVA, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da; CAMPOS, Fernanda Marinho; BITTENCOURT, Marcio Sommer; SILVA, Karen Cristina Souza da; LEITE, Renata Elaine Paraizo; GRINBERG, Lea Tenenholz; FERRETTI-REBUSTINI, Renata Eloah de Lucena; JACOB-FILHO, Wilson; SUEMOTO, Claudia KimieBackground Macrophages and T lymphocytes in the perivascular adipose tissue (PvAT) were previously linked to coronary artery disease. However, the role of these cells and B lymphocytes in the human PvAT adjacent to unstable atherosclerotic plaques has not been investigated. Moreover, previous studies were inconclusive on whether PvAT inflammation was restricted to the surroundings of the atheroma plaque. Methods and Results Coronary arteries were freshly dissected with the surrounding PvAT. Atherosclerotic plaques were classified according to the internationally accepted anatomopathological criteria. Immune cells in the PvAT were detected using immunohistochemistry and then quantified. We used linear and logistic regressions with robust standard errors, adjusted for possible confounding factors. In 246 atherosclerotic plaques (205 stable and 41 unstable plaques) from 82 participants (mean age=69.0 +/- 14.4 years; 50% men), the percentage of arterial obstruction was positively correlated with the densities of CD68(+) macrophages (P=0.003) and CD20(+) B lymphocytes (P=0.03) in the periplaque PvAT. The number of cells was greater in the periplaque PvAT than in the distal PvAT (macrophages, P<0.001; B lymphocytes, P=0.04). In addition, the density of macrophages in the periplaque PvAT was greater in the presence of unstable plaques (P=0.03) and was also greater near unstable plaques than in the distal PvAT (P=0.001). CD3(+) T lymphocytes were not associated with percentage of obstruction and stable/unstable plaque composition. Conclusions The density of CD20(+) B lymphocytes and CD68(+) macrophages in periplaque PvAT was increased with plaque size, and the CD68(+) macrophages were greater near unstable atherosclerotic plaques than near stable lesions. This inflammation was more intense in the periplaque PvAT than in the PvAT distal to the atherosclerotic plaques.