ANNA JULIA PIETROBON
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/56 - Laboratório de Investigação em Dermatologia e Imunodeficiências, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/56 - Laboratório de Investigação em Dermatologia e Imunodeficiências, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- LAMP-1 Chimeric to HIV-1 p55Gag in the Immunization of Neonate Mice Induces an Early Germinal Center Formation and AID Expression(2022) TEIXEIRA, Franciane Mouradian Emidio; OLIVEIRA, Luana de Mendonca; PIETROBON, Anna Julia; SALLES, Erika Machado de; LIMA, Maria Regina D'Imperio; VIANA, Isabelle Freire Tabosa; LINS, Roberto Dias; RIGATO, Paula Ordonhez; MARQUES, Ernesto Torres de Azevedo; DUARTE, Alberto Jose da Silva; SATO, Maria NotomiNeonates have a limited adaptive response of plasma cells, germinal center (GC) B cells, and T follicular helper cells (T-FH). As neonatal vaccination can be an important tool for AIDS prevention, these limitations need to be overcome. Chimeric DNA vaccine encoding p55Gag HIV-1 protein conjugated with lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP-1) has been described as immunogenic in the neonate period. Herein, we investigated the immunologic mechanisms involved in neonatal immunization with a LAMP-1/p55Gag (LAMP/Gag) DNA vaccine in a C57BL/6 mouse background. Neonatal LAMP/Gag vaccination induced strong Gag-specific T-cell response until adulthood and elevated levels of anti-Gag IgG antibodies. We also demonstrated for the first time that the immunogenicity of the neonatal period with LAMP/Gag is due to the induction of high-affinity anti-p24 IgG antibodies and long-term plasma cells. Together with that, there is the generation of early TFH cells and the formation of GC sites with the upregulation of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) enzyme mRNA and protein expression in draining lymph nodes after neonatal LAMP/Gag vaccination. These findings underscore that the LAMP-1 strategy in the chimeric vaccine could be useful to enhance antibody production even in the face of neonatal immaturity, and they contribute to the development of new vaccine approaches for other emerging pathogens at an early stage of life.
- Impact of Inflammatory Immune Dysfunction in Psoriasis Patients at Risk for COVID-19(2021) YENDO, Tatiana Mina; SATO, Maria Notomi; BRANCO, Anna Claudia Calvielli Castelo; PIETROBON, Anna Julia; TEIXEIRA, Franciane Mouradian Emidio; RAMOS, Yasmim alefe Leuzzi; ALBERCA, Ricardo Wesley; VALENCIO, Cesar Giudice; ARRUDA, Vivian Nunes; ROMITI, Ricardo; ARNONE, Marcelo; HIRAYAMA, Andre Luis da Silva; DUARTE, Alberto Jose da Silva; AOKI, Valeria; ORFALI, Raquel LeaoPsoriasis is an immune-mediated dermatosis usually associated with comorbidities. Treatment varies from topicals to systemic drugs and data on susceptibility to viral infections in psoriatic patients are scarce. The objectives of this study were to analyze psoriatic patients on different therapies who were at risk for COVID-19 for seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2, pro-inflammatory cytokine profile, comorbidities and outcomes in order to unveil the immunological mechanisms involved in the anti-viral response in patients with psoriasis. Seventy-five patients with psoriasis were divided according to treatment: immunobiologics, methotrexate, topicals and acitretin. Twenty healthy controls were included. Plasma samples were collected for: IgG SARS-COV-2 (ELISA); IL-27, IL-29 and IL-18 (ELISA); and IL-1 beta, IL-17A, IL-6 and TNF (cytometric array). Seropositivity for SARS-COV-2 was detected in 24 out of 75 psoriasis patients and did not relate to COVID-19 symptoms and/or hospitalization, despite associated comorbidities. Psoriasis patients who were asymptomatic for SARS-COV-2 exhibited immune imbalance with high levels of IL-18, IL-17A and IL-6, and low levels of IL-27 compared to healthy controls. Psoriasis groups showed significant increased cytokine levels only in the group with immunobiologics. Despite immune deviations and lower IL-27, which has a potential antiviral impact, psoriatic patients did not exhibit complications related to COVID-19. An understanding of this kind of proinflammatory profile of psoriatic patients and of the lack of severe outcomes for COVID-19 is essential to establish novel therapeutic approaches and preventive measures, including with regard to the concomitance of viral infections.