EFAR - Escola de Farmácia

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O curso de Farmácia em Ouro Preto foi criado em 1839, sendo a mais antiga Escola de Farmácia da América Latina.

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Immunohistochemical studies in acute and chronic canine chagasic cardiomyopathy.
(2002) Caliari, Marcelo Vidigal; Lana, Marta de; Cajá, Rosângela Aparecida França; Carneiro, Cláudia Martins; Bahia, Maria Terezinha; Santos, César Augusto Bueno dos; Magalhães, Gustavo Albergaria; Sampaio, Ivan Barbosa Machado; Tafuri, Washington Luiz
A major characteristic of Chagas’ disease is a myocarditis constituted primarily of mononuclear cells, both during the acute and chronic phases of the disease. Using monoclonal antibodies and image analyses we have quantified canine CD8+ T cells (caCD8+ T cells), canine CD4+ T cells (caCD4+ T cells) and neutrophils in canine chagasic myocardiopathy induced by two strains isolated from the first human clinical case of Chagas’ disease. We also evaluated the influence of tissue parasitism in the genesis of chronic myocarditis through immunohistochemistry. As in human myocarditis, there was a predominance of T lymphocytes in the inflammatory infiltrate in all animals studied. In the dogs inoculated with strain Berenice 78 (Be78) and necropsied during the acute phase of infection, we found 58% caCD8+ and 42% caCD4+ T cells. In chronically infected animals, 53% of T cells were represented by caCD8+ and 47% were caCD4+ T cells. Since normal canine lymphoid organs are constituted by 70–80% caCD4+ T cells and 20–30% caCD8+ T cells our results indicate a higher proliferation of caCD8+ T cells in dogs inoculated with the Be78 strain. In chronic myocarditis induced by the Berenice 62 (Be62) strain, caCD8+ cells constituted 33% of the T cells and 67% were caCD4+ T cells, a proportion similar to that found in normal canine lymphoid organs. Since the Be78 strain induces greater loss of myocardiocytes than strain Be62, we believe that the caCD8+ T cells, among other factors, can be important in the genesis of these lesions. Amastigote nests and immunohistochemically labelled Trypanosoma cruzi antigen were not found in dogs necropsied during the chronic phase. The absence of the parasite in the myocardium suggests the involvement of other
Trypanosoma cruzi Discret Typing Units (TcII and TcVI) in samples of patients from two municipalities of the Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil, using two molecular typing strategies.
(2015) Oliveira, Maykon Tavares de; Assis, Girley Francisco Machado de; Silva, Jaquelline Carla Valamiel de Oliveira e; Machado, Evandro Marques de Menezes; Silva, Glenda Nicioli da; Veloso, Vanja Maria; Macedo, Andréa Mara; Martins, Helen Rodrigues; Lana, Marta de
Background: Trypanosoma cruzi is classified into six discrete taxonomic units (DTUs). For this classification, different biological markers and classification criteria have been used. The objective was to identify the genetic profile of T. cruzi samples isolated from patients of two municipalities of Jequitinhonha Valley, MG, Brazil. Methods: Molecular characterization was performed using two different criteria for T. cruzi typing to characterize 63 T. cruzi samples isolated from chronic Chagas disease patients. The characterizations followed two distinct methodologies. Additionally, the RAPD technique was used to evaluate the existence of genetic intragroup variability. Results: The first methodology identified 89 % of the samples as TcII, but it was not possible to define the genetic identity of seven isolates. The results obtained with the second methodology corroborated the classification as TcII of the same samples and defined the classification of the other seven as TcVI. RAPD analysis showed lower intra-group variability in TcII. Conclusions: The results confirmed the preliminary data obtained in other municipalities of the Jequitinhonha Valley, showing a predominance of TcII, similar to that verified in northeast/south axis of Brazil and the first detection of TcVI in the study region. The second protocol was more simple and reliable to identify samples of hybrid character.
Hematological alterations during experimental canine infection by Trypanosoma cruzi.
(2012) Guedes, Paulo Marcos da Matta; Veloso, Vanja Maria; Mineo, Tiago Wilson Patriarca; Silva, Juliana Santiago; Crepalde, Geovam Pereira; Caldas, Ivo Santana; Nascimento, Manuela Sales Lima; Lana, Marta de; Chiari, Egler; Galvão, Lúcia Maria da Cunha; Bahia, Maria Terezinha
Para confirmar que cães Beagle são um bom modelo para doença de Chagas, foram avaliadas as alterações hematológicas durante as fases aguda e crônica em cães Beagle infectados com as cepas Y, Berenice-78 (Be-78) e ABC de Trypanosoma cruzi, correlacionando os sinais clínicos com a curva de parasitemia. Foi demonstrado que a fase aguda da infecção foi marcada por letargia e perda de apetite. Simultaneamente, observou-se anemia, leucocitose e linfocitose. Ainda, foram descritas alterações hematológicas e sinais clínicos positivamente correlacionados com a parasitemia durante a infecção experimental com as três cepas de T. cruzi estudadas, demonstrando que a infecção em cães Beagle constitui um modelo fidedigno para a doença de Chagas.
Usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction for monitoring cure of mice infected with different Trypanosoma cruzi clonal genotypes following treatment with benznidazole.
(2008) Miyamoto, Cláudia Tiemi; Gomes, Mônica Lúcia; Marangon, Aline Vansan; Araújo, Silvana Marques de; Bahia, Maria Terezinha; Martins Filho, Olindo Assis; Lana, Marta de; Toledo, Max Jean de Ornelas
The capacity of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the DNA of Trypanosoma cruzi was evaluated in 90 blood samples from BALB/c mice infected with T. cruzi cloned stocks of genotypes 19 and 20 (T. cruzi I) and 39 and 32 (T. cruzi II), and treated with benznidazole. The results from the fresh blood examination, hemoculture, and ELISA allowed to group the treated animals into: cured (TC), dissociated (DIS) and non-cured (NC). The PCR detected T. cruzi DNA in 50.9%, 58.3% and 100.0% of the samples from TC, DIS and NC mice, respectively. These DNA possibly derives from live T. cruzi or from recently lysed parasites, suggests that these animals are in fact not cured. The difference between the PCR results and results obtained using other techniques was statistically significant and independent of the parasite genotype. The PCR described has therefore potential to be used in cure control of treated patients.
Trypanosoma cruzi : sensitivity of the polymerase chain reaction for detecting the parasite in the blood of mice infected with different clonal genotypes.
(2005) Miyamoto, Cláudia Tiemi; Gomes, Mônica Lúcia; Marangon, Aline Vansan; Araújo, Silvana Marques de; Bahia, Maria Terezinha; Lana, Marta de; Toledo, Max Jean de Ornelas
The polymerase chain reaction showed high sensitivity for detecting Trypanosoma cruzi in the blood of mice, independent of clonal genotype (19, 20—T. cruzi I; 32, 39—T. cruzi II) or phase of the infection (acute or chronic).
Fase crônica cardíaca fibrosante da Tripanossomíase cruzi experimental no cão.
(1988) Lana, Marta de; Tafuri, Washington Luiz; Caliari, Marcelo Vidigal; Bambirra, Eduardo Alves; Chiari, Cléa de Andrade; Leite, Virginea Hora Rios; Barbosa, Alfredo José Afonso; Toledo, Max Jean de Ornelas; Chiari, Egler
De acordo com os trabalhos publicados ate o momento, o cão esta sendo considerado, com ressalvas, como modelo ideal para o estudo da fase aguda e crônica indeterminada da tripanossomiase cruz jl 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 15 18 19 20 21 24 Os requisitos para um modelo ideal, estabelecidos pelo Comite de Doenca de Chagas do Programa Especial de Treinamento e Pesquisa de Doenças Parasitarias da Organização Mundial de Saude25 podem ser assim discriminados: permitir o isolamento do parasito ao longo do curso da infecção; apresentar reações sorológicas positivas, indicativas da persistência da infecção; apresentar manifestações clinicas da doença de Chagas crônica; desenvolver miocardite, miosite e outras alterações patológicas que caracterizam a doença; induzir a resposta imune contra tecido do hospedeiro. Há mais de oito anos estamos a procura de um modelo que não somente preencha todos os requisitos acima citados mas, principalmente, que desenvolva a cardiopatia grave evolutiva fibrosante com todas alterações clinicas observadas na forma humana. Ate o momento, os resultados que encontramos parecem indicar que alcançamos tal objetivo no modelo cão. A partir destes resultados e dos de outros autores, tentaremos aplicar metodologia moderna no estudo dos vários fatores patogeneticos no pressuposto de que, assim, será possível chegar ao esclarecimento da patogenia e de fisiopatologia das diferentes formas anatomoclinicas da doença. Dentre os numerosos fatores patogeneticos ate agora aventados, a fibrose nos parece o mais importante na determinação da insuficiência cardíaca congestiva (ICC) e da aperistalse. Não existe qualquer outra cardiopatia e/ou mega com aspecto tão peculiar. No miocárdio bem como nos megas, a fibrose (fibrilopoese) e focal e difusa ao mesmo tempo23. O presente trabalho tem a finalidade de documentar a fase crônica da doença de Chagas em cães que recebem inóculos diversos das cepas Colombiana13 e Berenice-7817 de T. cruzi, destacando aqueles animais que desenvolveram a cardiopatia fibrosante, com sinais e sintomas clínicos de ICC.
A serological, parasitological and clinical evaluation of untreated Chagas disease patients and those treated with benznidazole before and thirteen years after intervention.
(2013) Assis, Girley Francisco Machado de; Diniz, Glaucia Alessio; Montoya, Roberto Araújo; Dias, João Carlos Pinto; Coura, José Rodrigues; Coelho, George Luiz Lins Machado; Viñas, Pedro Albajar; Torres, Rosália Morais; Lana, Marta de
The etiological treatment of Chagas disease is recommended for all patients with acute or recent chronic infection, but controversies remain regarding the benefit of chemotherapy and interpretations of the parasitological cure after etiological treatment. This study compares the laboratory and clinical evaluations of Chagas disease patients who were diagnosed 13 years earlier. Fifty-eight Chagas disease patients (29 treated with benznidazole and 29 untreated) were matched at the time of treatment based on several variables. Conventional serology revealed the absence of seroconversion in all patients. However, lower serological titres were verified in the treated group, pri¬marily among patients who had the indeterminate form of the disease. Haemoculture performed 13 years after the intervention was positive for 6.9% and 27.6% of the treated and untreated patients, respectively. Polymerase chain reaction tests were positive for 44.8% and 13.8% of the treated and untreated patients, respectively. Patients who presented with the indeterminate form of the disease at the beginning of the study exhibited less clinical progression (17.4%) compared with the untreated group (56.5%). Therefore, this global analysis revealed that etiological treatment with benznidazole may benefit patients with respect to the clinical progression of Chagas disease and the prognosis, particularly when administered to patients with the indeterminate form of the disease.
Trypanosoma cruzi : compared vectorial transmissibility of three major clonal genotypes by Triatoma infestans.
(1998) Lana, Marta de; Pinto, Artur da Silveira; Barnabé, Christian; Quesney, Virginie; Noel, Sébastien; Tibayrenc, Michel
Cardiac plexus of dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: inflammatory lesions and quantitative studies.
(1995) Caliari, Marcelo Vidigal; Lana, Marta de; Caliari, Estela Regina de Oliveira; Tafuri, Washington Luiz
Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the superficial and profound cardiac plexus of dogs experimentally infected with Be-62 and Be-78 strains of Trypanosoma cruzi were studied. Animals were autopsied in the acute phase o f infection. The inflammatory process, lesions and number of parasites were more intense and frequent in animals infected with the Be-78 strain than in those infected with Be-62. Despite this, no statistically significant differences could be found between the number of neuron bodies in the ganglia of infected and control dogs.
Hemocultures for the parasitological diagnosis of human chronic Chagas' disease.
(1989) Chiari, Egler; Dias, João Carlos Pinto; Lana, Marta de; Chiari, Cléa de Andrade
With the purpose of standardization of an hemoculture technique presenting a higher positive rate in the parasitological diagnosis of chronic Chagas’ disease in patients with reactive serology (IFT, HA, CFT) the following schedule was used. Thirty ml of venous blood was collected with heparin and the plasma was separated by centrifugation (2.000 rpm/30'). The packed cells were washed with LIT medium or PBS which was then removed by centrifugation (2.000 rpm/15’). This material was sampled in 6 screw-tubes 18x200 with 6 ml of LIT medium and incubated at 28°C. These incubated cultures at 28°C were examined after 15, 30, 45 and 60 days. When the hemoculture was not immediately processed after blood collection, the plasma was removed and the sediment enriched with LIT medium and preserved at 4°C. The Xenodiagnosis was performed according to Schenones method used here as a reference technique. Among the various groups of patients examined by both techniques the best results obtained were: 55.08% ofpositivity for hemocultures against 27.5% forxenodiagnosis (X^ = 4.54, p = 0.05), with a tubepositivity of 26.6%. Recommendation for screening trials of drug assays is the repetition of method on a same patient 2 or more times in different occasions, as used in xenodiagnosis.

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