• Doenças reumatológicas autoimunes e sua associação com os genes killer immunoglobulin-like receptors 

      Salim, Patrícia Hartstein; Wilson, Mariana de Sampaio Leite Jobim; Jobim, Luiz Fernando Job; Xavier, Ricardo Machado (2011) [Artigo de periódico]
      Os genes Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) expressam-se como receptores que estimulam ou inibem as células Natural Killer (NK). As células NK fazem parte da imunidade inata e através de seus receptores KIR identifi ...
    • Dualities of the vitamin D in systemic sclerosis : a systematic literature review 

      Schneider, Laiana; Hax, Vanessa; Monticielo, Odirlei André; Macedo, Tamires Ferri; Menna Barreto, Roberta Kern; Marcondes, Natália Aydos; Chakr, Rafael Mendonça da Silva (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic disease characterized by autoimmunity, vasculopathy, and visceral and cutaneous fibrosis. Vitamin D has several functions in the immunological system, and different studies ...
    • Esclerose sistêmica e níveis séricos elevados de organoclorado : uma associação possível? 

      Monticielo, Odirlei André; Palominos, Penelope E.; Chakr, Rafael Mendonça da Silva; Bortoli, Rodrigo; Brenol, João Carlos Tavares; Xavier, Ricardo Machado (2008) [Artigo de periódico]
      A patogênese da esclerose sistêmica (ES) é complexa e pouco conhe¬cida. Há a participação de ativação imune, dano vascular e excessiva produção de matriz extracelular com deposição de colágeno estru¬turalmente normal. ...
    • Evaluation of the association between KIR polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis : a meta-analysis 

      Karimizadeh, Elham; Mostafaei, Shayan; Aslani, Saeed; Gharibdoost, Farhad; Xavier, Ricardo Machado; Salim, Patrícia Hartstein; Kavosi, Hoda; Farhadi, Elham; Mahmoudi, Mahdi (2020) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: The results of investigations on the association between killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) gene polymorphisms and the risk of systemic sclerosis (SSc) are inconsistent. To comprehensively evaluate ...
    • Flow cytometry evaluation of CD14/CD16 monocyte subpopulations in systemic sclerosis patients : a cross sectional controlled study 

      Schneider, Laiana; Marcondes, Natália Aydos; Hax, Vanessa; Moreira, Isadora Flesch da Silva; Ueda, Carolina Yuka; Piovesan, Rafaella Romeiro; Xavier, Ricardo Machado; Chakr, Rafael Mendonça da Silva (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and fibrosis, which can be subclassified into diffuse cutaneous (dSSc) and limited cutaneous (lSSc) subtypes. Previous ...
    • Matrix metalloproteinase gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis 

      Rech, Tássia Flores; Moraes, Sara Beatriz del Cueto; Bredemeier, Markus; Paoli, Juliana de; Brenol, João Carlos Tavares; Xavier, Ricardo Machado; Chies, Jose Artur Bogo; Simon, Daniel (2016) [Artigo de periódico]
      The major pathological hallmark of the systemic sclerosis (SSc) is skin and internal organ fibrosis, which results from normal tissue architecture alterations and extracellular matrix (ECM) protein deposition. ECM components ...