ELAINE PIRES LEON
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Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/17 - Laboratório de Investigação em Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/17 - Laboratório de Investigação em Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Influenza A/H1N1 vaccination of patients with SLE: can antimalarial drugs restore diminished response under immunosuppressive therapy?(2012) BORBA, Eduardo F.; SAAD, Carla G. S.; PASOTO, Sandra G.; CALICH, Ana L. G.; AIKAWA, Nadia E.; RIBEIRO, Ana C. M.; MORAES, Julio C. B.; LEON, Elaine P.; COSTA, Luciana P.; GUEDES, Lissiane K. N.; SILVA, Clovis A. A.; GONCALVES, Celio R.; FULLER, Ricardo; OLIVEIRA, Suzimara A.; ISHIDA, Maria A.; PRECIOSO, Alexander R.; BONFA, EloisaObjective. To assess the efficacy and safety of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) in SLE under different therapeutic regimens. Methods. A total of 555 SLE patients and 170 healthy controls were vaccinated with a single dose of a non-adjuvanted preparation. According to current therapy, patients were initially classified as SLE No Therapy (n = 75) and SLE with Therapy (n = 480). Subsequent evaluations included groups under monotherapy: chloroquine (CQ) (n = 105), prednisone (PRED) epsilon 20 mg (n = 76), immunosuppressor (IS) (n = 95) and those with a combination of these drugs. Anti-H1N1 titres and seroconversion (SC) rate were evaluated at entry and 21 days post-vaccination. Results. The SLE with Therapy group had lower SC compared with healthy controls (59.0 vs 80.0%; P < 0.0001), whereas the SLE No Therapy group had equivalent SC (72 vs 80.0%; P = 0.18) compared with healthy controls. Further comparison revealed that the SC of SLE No Therapy (72%) was similar to the CQ group (69.5%; P = 0.75), but it was significantly reduced in PRED epsilon 20 mg (53.9%; P = 0.028), IS (55.7%; P = 0.035) and PRED epsilon 20 mg + IS (45.4%; P = 0.038). The concomitant use of CQ in each of these later regimens was associated with SC responses comparable with SLE No Therapy group (72%): PRED epsilon 20 mg + CQ (71.4%; P = 1.00), IS + CQ (65.2%; P = 0.54) and PRED epsilon 20 mg + IS + CQ (57.4%; P = 0.09). Conclusion. Pandemic influenza A H1N1/2009 vaccine response is diminished in SLE under immunosuppressive therapy and antimalarials seems to restore this immunogenicity.
conferenceObject Long-Term Changes in Autoantibody Profile After Pandemic Unadjuvanted Influenza A/H1N1 Vaccine in Sjogren's Syndrome(2012) PASOTO, Sandra G.; RIBEIRO, Ana C.; VIANA, Vilma S. T.; LEON, Elaine P.; BUENO, Cleonice; NETO, Mauricio Levy; PRECIOSO, Alexander R.; TIMENETSKY, Maria do Carmo S.; BONFA, EloisaBackground/Purpose: Despite WHO recommendations about the A/California/7/2009/H1N1-like virus vaccination, there are no studies evalu- ating its possible influence on clinical manifestations and autoantibody profile in (primary) Sjögren’s syndrome (SS). Objectives: To evaluate short/long-term effect of influenza A/California/7/2009/H1N1-like virus vaccination on clinical manifestations and autoantibody profile in SS. Methods: Thirty-six SS patients (The American-European Consensus Group Criteria, 2002) and 36 gender-, age-, matched-healthy controls were evaluated before and 21-days after vaccination with unadjuvanted influenza A/H1N1-like virus regarding seroprotection/seroconversion, factor increase in geometric mean titre (FI-GMT) and side effects. New onset of parotiditis, arthritis, vasculitis, pneumonitis or neurological disorders and autoantibody profile [antinuclear antibodies (ANA), rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-dsDNA, anti-Ro(SS-A)/La(SS-B), anti-alpha-fodrin, anti-RNP, anti-Sm and anticar-diolipin] were assessed before, 21-days and 1-year after vaccination. Results: Patients and controls had similar rates of seroconversion (78 vs. 69%, p=0.42), seroprotection (83 vs. 72%, p=0.26) and FI-GMT (p=0.85). Pre-vaccination evaluation revealed that disease duration, glucocorticoid (mean dose 10.15.1 mg/day), methotrexate (up to 17.5 mg/week) or azathioprine (up to 100 mg/day) did not affect seroconversion (p> 0.05). Regarding short-term analysis, no change in the frequency or levels of autoantibodies was observed (p>0.05) and only mild side effects were observed in comparable rates to controls (p> 0.05). At 1-year follow-up, the rate of new disease flares was similar to the previous year (11 vs. 19%, p 0.51) and four seroconverted patients developed positivity to one of the following specificities: anti-Ro/SS-A, anti-La/SS-B, anti-alpha-fodrin, or IgM anticardiolipin. None developed other specific lupus autoantibodies. Of note, a significant increase in the mean levels of anti-Ro/SS-A (p< 0.0001) and anti-La/SS-B (p< 0.002) was detected after 1-year with no change in the other autoantibodies. Conclusion: This is the first study to indicate that influenza A/H1N1 vaccine induces long-term changes in autoantibody profile restricted to SS spectrum without a deleterious effect in disease course.conferenceObject Anti-Ribosomal P Antibodies in a Large Cohort of Autoimmune Hepatitis with No Evidence of Lupus: A Common Underlying Mechanism Targeting Liver?(2012) CALICH, Ana Luisa; VIANA, Vilma S. T.; CANCADO, Eduardo L.; TERRABUIO, Debora R.; TUSTUMI, Francisco; LEON, Elaine P.; SILVA, Clovis Artur; BORBA NETO, Eduardo F.; BONFA, EloisaconferenceObject Podocyte Injury in Membranous and Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: Distinct Underlying Mechanisms?(2012) REZENDE, Gabriela M.; VIANA, Vilma S. T.; MALHEIROS, Denise M.; LEON, Elaine P.; BORBA, Eduardo F.; SILVA, Neila A. S.; NORONHA, Irene L.; SILVA, Cleonice; BONFA, EloisaBackground/Purpose: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with proteinuria being the predominant common manifestation and may therefore reflect podocyte injury. Podocytes are highly specialized cells that have a relevant role in the glomerular filtration barrier and alteration in the expression of their biomarkers has been shown to be associated with podocyte dysfunction in some glomerulopathies. A systematic analysis of podocyte-associated molecules encom-passing different subcellular compartments was performed in a large series of LN biopsies. Expression of Wilms tumor protein (WT1), Synaptopodin (Synpo) and glomerular epithelial protein 1 (GLEPP1) with nuclear, cytoplasmic and membrane distribution respectively, were evaluated attempting to identify if podocyte phenotype is distinct in proliferative and membranous nephritis. Possible association of molecular expression alterations with long term proteinuria severity and outcome in lupus was also investigated. Methods: Immunohistochemistry analysis was performed using monoclonal antibodies to WT1, Synpo and GLEPP1 proteins in 52 biopsies from patients with lupus nephritis fulfilling the revised ACR criteria for SLE. Demographic, clinical and laboratorial data at the time of biopsy were analyzed. Results: Thirty-nine (75%) biopsies were classified as proliferative LN and thirteen (25%) as pure membranous class V. Immunohistochemistry analysis in normal kidney revealed preserved staining of WT1, Synpo and GLEPP1 podocyte biomarkers along the capillary walls. Preserved and concomitant WT1 and Synpo staining was observed in a significant higher frequency in pure class V biopsies than in proliferative LN (69.23 vs. 2.56%, p 0.0001). Likewise, preserved GLEPP1 expression was also more frequent in pure class V LN (53.85 vs. 2.86%, p 0.0002). Proteinuria and serum albumin levels at the time of biopsy did not statistically differ in the two groups (p 0.87 and p 0.41) whereas in the mean long-term follow-up of four years a tendency of lower proteinuria (p 0.050) was observed in those patients with biopsies expressing preserved WT1/Synpo staining. Conclusion: This is the first study comparing proliferative and membranous lupus nephritis which evaluated simultaneously the expression of proteins in different subcellular podocyte compartments and provided novel evidence of preserved podocyte structural architecture predominantly in membranous lesions which may account for a better long term outcome of patients with this LN histological class. These findings suggest possible different underlying mechanisms for proteinuria in both conditions.