MYRTHES ANNA MARAGNA TOLEDO BARROS
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/60 - Laboratório de Imunologia Clínica e Alergia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/60 - Laboratório de Imunologia Clínica e Alergia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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bookPart Imunodeficiências primárias do adulto(2022) KOKRON, Cristina Maria; LIMA, Fabiana Mascarenhas Souza; BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna Toledo- Liver disease accompanied by enteropathy in common variable immunodeficiency: Common pathophysiological mechanisms(2022) LIMA, Fabiana Mascarenhas Souza; TOLEDO-BARROS, Myrthes; ALVES, Venancio Avancini Ferreira; DUARTE, Maria Irma Seixas; TAKAKURA, Cleusa; BERNARDES-SILVA, Carlos Felipe; MARINHO, Ana Karolina Barreto Berselli; GRECCO, Octavio; KALIL, Jorge; KOKRON, Cristina MariaCommon variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the inborn errors of immunity that have the greatest clinical impact. Rates of morbidity and mortality are higher in patients with CVID who develop liver disease than in those who do not. The main liver disorder in CVID is nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH), the cause of which remains unclear and for which there is as yet no treatment. The etiology of liver disease in CVID is determined by analyzing the liver injury and the associated conditions. The objective of this study was to compare CVID patients with and without liver-spleen axis abnormalities in terms of clinical characteristics, as well as to analyze liver and duodenal biopsies from those with portal hypertension (PH), to elucidate the pathophysiology of liver injury. Patients were divided into three groups: Those with liver disease/PH, those with isolated splenomegaly, and those without liver-spleen axis abnormalities. Clinical and biochemical data were collected. Among 141 CVID patients, 46 (32.6%) had liver disease/PH; 27 (19.1%) had isolated splenomegaly; and 68 (48.2%) had no liver-spleen axis abnormalities. Among the liver disease/PH group, patients, even those with mild or no biochemical changes, had clinical manifestations of PH, mainly splenomegaly, thrombocytopenia, and esophageal varices. Duodenal celiac pattern was found to correlate with PH (p < 0.001). We identified NRH in the livers of all patients with PH (n = 11). Lymphocytic infiltration into the duodenal mucosa also correlated with PH. Electron microscopy of liver biopsy specimens showed varying degrees of lymphocytic infiltration and hepatocyte degeneration, which is a probable mechanism of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity against hepatocytes and enterocytes. In comparison with the CVID patients without PH, those with PH were more likely to have lymphadenopathy (p < 0.001), elevated beta(2)-microglobulin (p < 0.001), low B-lymphocyte counts (p < 0.05), and low natural killer-lymphocyte counts (p < 0.05). In CVID patients, liver disease/PH is common and regular imaging follow-up is necessary. These patients have a distinct immunological phenotype that may predispose to liver and duodenal injury from lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity. Further studies could elucidate the cause of this immune-mediated mechanism and its treatment options.
bookPart Doenças autoimunes(2022) PRADO, Alex Isidoro Ferreira; MENDONçA, Leonardo Oliveira; BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna ToledobookPart Mecanismos de hipersensibilidade(2022) BARROS, Myrthes Anna Morgana Toledo; COUTINHO, Érica Maria Martins; KALIL, JorgebookPart Doenças autoinflamatórias(2022) MENDONçA, Leonardo Oliveira; GATTORNO, Marco; PRADO, Alex Isidoro Ferreira; BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna Toledo; KALIL, JorgebookPart Hipereosinofilias(2022) ANAGUSKO, Claudia Leiko Yonekura; SINI, Bruno; BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna Toledo- Underlying IPEX syndrome in a patient with idiopathic juvenile arthritis and vitiligo(2022) MENDONCA, Leonardo Oliveira; CHUSTER, Adriana Pitchon dos Reis; DORNA, Mayra Barros; BARROS, Samar Freschi; ALVES, Janaina Baptista; GONCALVES, Victor Lucas; YANG, Ariana Campos; KALIL, Jorge; TOLEDO-BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna; KOKRON, Cristina MariaBackground: IPEX syndrome is an X-linked inborn error of immunity clinically characterized by the triad of: enteropathy, polyendocrinopathy and eczema. However many other clinical presentations lacking the triad above described have been reported what underpin the need of careful clinical suspicion, immunological evaluation and genetic sequencing. Case presentation: Here we report a case of a Brazilian boy with severe eczema as the first and only presentation requiring cyclosporin therapy. Progressive and cumulative symptoms of arthritis and enteropathy lead to the suspicion of an inborn error of immunity. Peripheral FOXP3 expression was normal (CD127-/CD4+/CD25+/FOXP3+-396 cells-63%) and a pathogenic mutation in FOXP3 gene (c.1150G > A; p.Ala384Thr), confirmed the diagnosis of IPEX syndrome. Conclusions: IPEX syndrome should be suspected in patients presenting with severe eczema associated or not with other autoimmune/hyper inflammatory diseases in life. Our study also reinforces that FOXP3 expression by flowcytometry seems not to be a good screening method, and genetic sequencing is mandatory even in those with high suspicion and normal peripheral FOXP3 expression.
- In-vitro NLRP3 functional test assists the diagnosis of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) patients: A Brazilian cooperation(2022) MENDONCA, Leonardo Oliveira; TOLEDO-BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna; LEAL, Vinicius Nunes Cordeiro; ROA, Mariela Estefany Gislene Vera; CAMBUI, Raylane Adrielle Goncalves; TOLEDO, Eliana; BARROS, Samar Freschi; OLIVEIRA, Amanda Melato de; RIVITTI-MACHADO, Maria Cecilia; FRANCESCANTONIO, Isadora Carvalho Medeiros; GRUMACH, Anete Sevciovic; PENIDO, Norma de Oliveira; CASTRO, Fabio Fernandes Morato; KALIL, Jorge; PONTILLO, AlessandraObjective: To report our five-years experience on the use of NLRP3 inflammasome functional assays in the differential diagnosis of Brazilian patients with a clinical suspicion of CAPS. Patients and methods: The study included 9 patients belonging to 2 families (I, II) and 7 unrelated patients with a clinical suspicion of AID according to Eurofever/PRINTO classification, recruited between 2017 and 2022. The control group for the NLRP3 functional assay consisted of 10 healthy donors and for the CBA cytokines measurement of 19 healthy controls. Patients underwent clinical evaluation, genetic and functional analysis. Results: All members of the family I received the diagnosis of Muckle-Wells Syndrome (MWS), carried the NLRP3 Thr348Met variant and resulted positive for the functional assay. The 2 patients of the family II resulted negative for the mutational screening but positive for the functional assay compatible with a MWS clinical phenotype. In 2 unrelated patients with NLRP3 mutations, including a novel mutation (Gly309Val, Asp303His), a positive functional test confirmed the clinical diagnosis of NOMID. 3 unrelated MWS and 1 FCAS patients resulted negative to the genetic screening and positive for the functional test. One patient with a FCAS-like phenotype harbored the NLRP12 His304Tyr variant confirming the diagnosis of FCAS2. Conclusion: The NLRP3 inflammasome functional assay can assist the clinical diagnosis of CAPS even in patients with unknown genetic defects.
bookPart Anamnese especializada(2022) LOPES, Mariele Morandin; ANTILA, Henrikki Gomes; BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna ToledobookPart Glicocorticoides(2022) LIMA, Fabiana Mascarenhas Souza; BARROS, Myrthes Anna Maragna Toledo