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CD8 T cells are emerging as important mediators in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Immune activation may play a particular role in people with HIV (PWH) who are at an increased risk of CVD, even after controlling for known CVD risk factors. Latent CMV infection is associated with increased CVD risk for both PWH and people without HIV, and human CMV-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells are enriched for an immunosenescent phenotype. We previously showed that CMV coinfection in PWH promotes vascular homing and activation of inflammatory CD4 T cells through the CD2-LFA-3 axis. However, the role of CD2/LFA3 costimulation of CD8 T cells in PWH with CMV has yet to be described. In the present study, we demonstrate that CD2 expression on CX3CR1+CD57+CD28- inflammescent CD8 T cells is increased on cells from CMV-seropositive PWH. In vitro CD2/LFA-3 costimulation enhances TCR-mediated activation of these inflammatory CD8 memory T cells. Finally, we show that LFA-3 is highly expressed in aortas of SIV-infected rhesus macaques and in atherosclerotic plaques of people without HIV. Our findings are consistent with a model in which CMV infection enhances CD2 expression on highly proinflammatory CD8 T cells that can then be stimulated by LFA-3 expressed in the vasculature, even in the absence of CD28 costimulation. This model, in which CMV infection exacerbates toxic cytokine and granzyme production by CD8 T cells within the vasculature, highlights a potential therapeutic target in atherosclerosis development and progression, especially for PWH.
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Aterosclerose , Doenças Cardiovasculares , Infecções por Citomegalovirus , Infecções por HIV , Animais , Humanos , Antígenos CD28/metabolismo , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Citomegalovirus , Antígenos CD58/metabolismo , Macaca mulatta , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos , Aterosclerose/metabolismoRESUMO
COVID-19 has become the first modern-day pandemic of historic proportion, affecting >600 million individuals worldwide and causing >6.5 million deaths. While acute infection has had devastating consequences, postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection appears to be a pandemic of its own, impacting up to one-third of survivors and often causing symptoms suggestive of cardiovascular phenomena. This review will highlight the suspected pathophysiology of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2, its influence on the cardiovascular system, and potential treatment strategies.
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COVID-19 , Sistema Cardiovascular , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2 , Pandemias , Pulmão , Progressão da DoençaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Morbidity and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is partly mitigated by maintaining immune and hematologic homeostasis. Identification of those at risk is challenging. Red cell distribution width (RDW) and absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) associate with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality in the general population, and with disease activity in RA. How these variables relate to inflammation and mortality in RA was investigated. METHODS: In a retrospective single Veterans Affairs (VA) Rheumatology Clinic cohort of 327 patients with RA treated with methotrexate (MTX)+/- a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor (TNFi), we evaluated RDW and ALC before and during therapy and in relation to subsequent mortality. Findings were validated in a national VA cohort (n = 13,914). In a subset of patients and controls, we evaluated inflammatory markers. RESULTS: In the local cohort, high RDW and low ALC prior to MTX treatment was associated with subsequent mortality over 10 years (both P < 0.001). The highest mortality was observed in those with both high RDW and low ALC. This remained after adjusting for age and comorbidities and was validated in the national RA cohort. In the immunology cohort, soluble and cellular inflammatory markers were higher in patients with RA than in controls. ALC correlated with age, plasma TNF receptor II, natural killer HLA-DR mean fluorescence intensity, and CD4CM/CD8CM HLA-DR/CD38%, whereas RDW associated with age and ALC. MTX initiation was followed by an increase in RDW and a decrease in ALC. TNFi therapy added to MTX resulted in an increase in ALC. CONCLUSION: RDW and ALC before disease-modifying antirheumatic drug therapy are associated with biomarkers of monocyte/macrophage inflammation and subsequent mortality. The mechanistic linkage between TNF signaling and lymphopenia found here warrants further investigation.
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Antirreumáticos , Artrite Reumatoide , Humanos , Índices de Eritrócitos , Estudos Retrospectivos , Inflamação/tratamento farmacológico , Metotrexato/uso terapêutico , Antirreumáticos/uso terapêutico , Biomarcadores , Contagem de LinfócitosRESUMO
A pandemic of historic impact, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has potential consequences on the cardiovascular health of millions of people who survive infection worldwide. Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of COVID-19, can infect the heart, vascular tissues, and circulating cells through ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2), the host cell receptor for the viral spike protein. Acute cardiac injury is a common extrapulmonary manifestation of COVID-19 with potential chronic consequences. This update provides a review of the clinical manifestations of cardiovascular involvement, potential direct SARS-CoV-2 and indirect immune response mechanisms impacting the cardiovascular system, and implications for the management of patients after recovery from acute COVID-19 infection.
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Enzima de Conversão de Angiotensina 2/metabolismo , COVID-19/virologia , Doenças Cardiovasculares/virologia , Miócitos Cardíacos/virologia , SARS-CoV-2/fisiologia , Internalização do Vírus , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , COVID-19/complicações , COVID-19/epidemiologia , COVID-19/terapia , Cardiomiopatias/virologia , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Sistema Imunitário/fisiologia , Miocárdio/enzimologia , Miócitos Cardíacos/enzimologia , Neuropilina-1/metabolismo , Ativação Plaquetária , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Sistema Renina-Angiotensina/fisiologia , Volta ao Esporte , Fatores de Risco , SARS-CoV-2/ultraestrutura , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/metabolismo , Troponina/metabolismo , Remodelação Ventricular , Ligação Viral , Internalização do Vírus/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Inflammation and immune dysregulation have been associated with adverse outcomes in cardiovascular disease. There is limited understanding of the association of different profiles of white blood cell (WBC) subsets and red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). METHODS: Patients with CLTI undergoing endovascular revascularization in our single-center, tertiary care hospital from 2017 to 2019, who had a preceding complete blood count (CBC) with WBC differentials (n =213), were included in the analysis. Patient characteristics, laboratory values, and clinical outcomes were collected. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess for associations between all-cause mortality and leukocyte subset; multivariate analysis was used to account for confounders. Kaplan-Meier curves were generated to depict survival censored at 1 year postrevascularization using baseline CBC indices. RESULTS: Adjusting for confounders, elevated RDW was associated with increased mortality (continuous per % increase, adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 1.33, p < 0.001). Baseline lymphopenia was associated with mortality in univariate analysis. Other leukocyte subtypes were not associated with mortality outcomes in our population. Exploratory analysis showed negative deflections in ∆WBC from pre- to postprocedure day 1 were affiliated with increased mortality when adjusted for age, sex, race, chronic kidney disease, and baseline hemoglobin (∆WBC HR 1.16, p = 0.004). Further exploratory analysis showed an association between RDW and all-comers readmission. CONCLUSIONS: The utilization of a periprocedural WBC subset differential can be a useful adjunct to risk-stratify patients with CLTI undergoing endovascular revascularization. Further studies are needed to understand potential ways to modulate immune dysregulation so as to improve mortality outcomes.
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Procedimentos Endovasculares , Doença Arterial Periférica , Humanos , Isquemia Crônica Crítica de Membro , Fatores de Risco , Procedimentos Endovasculares/efeitos adversos , Salvamento de Membro , Doença Arterial Periférica/diagnóstico , Doença Arterial Periférica/cirurgia , Resultado do Tratamento , Isquemia/diagnóstico , Isquemia/cirurgia , Doença Crônica , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains an important cause of morbidity in the general population and risk for ASCVD is increased approximately 2-fold in persons living with HIV infection (PLWH). This risk is linked to elevated CD8 T cell counts that are abundant in atherosclerotic plaques and have been implicated in disease pathogenesis yet the mechanisms driving T cell recruitment to and activation within plaques are poorly defined. Here we investigated the role of CD8 T cells in atherosclerosis in a non-human primate model of HIV infection and in the HIV-uninfected elderly; we sought to identify factors that promote the activation, function, and recruitment to endothelium of CX3CR1+ CD8 T cells. We measured elevated expression of CX3CL1 and IL-15, and increased CD8 T cell numbers in the aortas of rhesus macaques infected with SIV or SHIV, and demonstrated similar findings in atherosclerotic vessels of HIV-uninfected humans. We found that recombinant TNF enhanced the production and release of CX3CL1 and bioactive IL-15 from aortic endothelial cells, but not from aortic smooth muscle cells. IL-15 in turn promoted CX3CR1 surface expression on and TNF synthesis by CD8 T cells, and IL-15-treated CD8 T cells exhibited enhanced CX3CL1-dependent chemoattraction toward endothelial cells in vitro. Finally, we show that CD8 T cells in human atherosclerotic plaques have an activated, resident phenotype consistent with in vivo IL-15 and CX3CL1 exposure. In this report, we define a novel model of CD8 T cell involvement in atherosclerosis whereby CX3CL1 and IL-15 operate in tandem within the vascular endothelium to promote infiltration by activated CX3CR1+ memory CD8 T cells that drive further endothelial activation via TNF. We propose that these interactions are prevalent in aging and in PLWH, populations where circulating activated CX3CR1+ CD8 T cell numbers are often expanded.
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Aterosclerose/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Quimiocina CX3CL1/metabolismo , Infecções por HIV/metabolismo , Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Idoso , Animais , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Humanos , Macaca mulatta/metabolismo , Receptores de Quimiocinas/metabolismoRESUMO
People with HIV (PWH) are at increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Proportions of vascular homing monocytes are enriched in PWH; however, little is known regarding monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) that may drive atherosclerosis in this population. We isolated PBMCs from people with and without HIV, and cultured these cells for 5 days in medium containing autologous serum to generate MDMs. Differential gene expression (DGE) analysis of MDMs from PWH identified broad alterations in innate immune signaling (IL-1ß, TLR expression, PPAR ßδ) and lipid processing (LXR/RXR, ACPP, SREBP1). Transcriptional changes aligned with the functional capabilities of these cells. Expression of activation markers and innate immune receptors (CD163, TLR4, and CD300e) was altered on MDMs from PWH, and these cells produced more TNFα, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) than did cells from people without HIV. MDMs from PWH also had greater lipid accumulation and uptake of oxidized LDL. PWH had increased serum levels of free fatty acids (FFAs) and ceramides, with enrichment of saturated FAs and a reduction in polyunsaturated FAs. Levels of lipid classes and species that are associated with CVD correlated with unique DGE signatures and altered metabolic pathway activation in MDMs from PWH. Here, we show that MDMs from PWH display a pro-atherogenic phenotype; they readily form foam cells, have altered transcriptional profiles, and produce mediators that likely contribute to accelerated ASCVD.
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Aterosclerose/etiologia , Infecções por HIV/virologia , HIV/imunologia , Lipídeos/sangue , Macrófagos/patologia , Modelos Cardiovasculares , Monócitos/virologia , Aterosclerose/patologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , HIV/genética , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/patologia , Humanos , Macrófagos/imunologia , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/virologia , Monócitos/metabolismo , TranscriptomaRESUMO
Cytotoxic CD4 T cells are linked to cardiovascular morbidities and accumulate in both HIV and CMV infections, both of which are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In this study, we identify CMV coinfection as a major driver of the cytotoxic phenotype, characterized by elevated CD57 expression and reduced CD28 expression, in circulating CD4 T cells from people living with HIV infection, and investigate potential mechanisms linking this cell population to CVD. We find that human CD57+ CD4 T cells express high levels of the costimulatory receptor CD2 and that CD2/LFA-3 costimulation results in a more robust and polyfunctional effector response to TCR signals, compared with CD28-mediated costimulation. CD57+ CD4 T cells also express the vascular endothelium-homing receptor CX3CR1 and migrate toward CX3CL1-expressing endothelial cells in vitro. IL-15 promotes the cytotoxic phenotype, elevates CX3CR1 expression, and enhances the trafficking of CD57+ CD4 T cells to endothelium and may therefore be important in linking these cells to cardiovascular complications. Finally, we demonstrate the presence of activated CD57+ CD4 T cells and expression of CX3CL1 and LFA-3 in atherosclerotic plaque tissues from HIV-uninfected donors. Our findings are consistent with a model in which cytotoxic CD4 T cells contribute to CVD in HIV/CMV coinfection and in atherosclerosis via CX3CR1-mediated trafficking and CD2/LFA-3-mediated costimulation. This study identifies several targets for therapeutic interventions and may help bridge the gap in understanding how CMV infection and immunity are linked to increased cardiovascular risk in people living with HIV infection.
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Vasos Sanguíneos/fisiologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Infecções por Citomegalovirus/imunologia , Citomegalovirus/fisiologia , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , HIV-1/fisiologia , Placa Aterosclerótica/imunologia , Antígenos CD28/metabolismo , Antígenos CD57/metabolismo , Antígenos CD58/metabolismo , Receptor 1 de Quimiocina CX3C/metabolismo , Movimento Celular , Quimiocina CX3CL1/metabolismo , Coinfecção , Citotoxicidade Imunológica , Humanos , Receptores CXCR3/metabolismo , RiscoRESUMO
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) Think Tank is a collaborative venture that brings together interventional cardiologists, administrative partners, and select members of the cardiovascular industry community annually for high-level field-wide discussions. The 2021 Think Tank was organized into four parallel sessions reflective of the field of interventional cardiology: (a) coronary intervention, (b) endovascular medicine, (c) structural heart disease, and (d) congenital heart disease. Each session was moderated by a senior content expert and co-moderated by a member of SCAI's Emerging Leader Mentorship program. This document presents the proceedings to the wider cardiovascular community in order to enhance participation in this discussion, create additional dialog from a broader base, and thereby aid SCAI, the industry community and external stakeholders in developing specific action items to move these areas forward.
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Cardiologistas , Cardiologia , Cardiopatias Congênitas , Angiografia , Humanos , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) contributes to cardiovascular disease in part by mediating activation and maturation of monocytes and macrophages. Furthermore, co-localization studies using histochemical approaches have implicated a potential role for oxidized LDL as a mediator of interleukin-15 (IL-15) expression in myeloid cells of atherosclerotic plaque. The latter activity could be an important pro-inflammatory mechanism that mediates myeloid cell/T-cell crosstalk. Here, we examined the responses of primary human monocytes to highly oxidized LDL molecules. Oxidized LDL readily induced secretion of chemokines MCP-1 (CCL2) and GRO-α (CXCL1) but unlike lipopolysaccharide (LPS), has limited capacity to induce a variety of other cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α, IL-6, IL-1ß and interferon-γ-induced protein-10 and also displayed a poor capacity to induce p-Akt or P-S6 signaling. Failure of oxidized LDL to induce IL-1ß secretion was associated with limited induction of caspase-1 activation. Furthermore, despite finding evidence that oxidized LDL could enhance the expression of IL-15 and IL-15 receptor expression in monocytes, we found no evidence that it could confer IL-15 transpresentation capability to these cells. This observation contrasted with induction of IL-15 transpresentation in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated monocytes. Overall, our data suggest that highly oxidized LDL is a selective inducer of monocyte activation. Sterile inflammatory mediators, particularly those implicated in Toll-like receptor 4 signaling, may play a role in vascular pathology but the activities of these agents are not uniform.
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Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Lipoproteínas LDL/farmacologia , Monócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Caspase 1/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Citocinas/imunologia , Citocinas/metabolismo , Humanos , Inflamassomos/imunologia , Inflamassomos/metabolismo , Interleucina-15/imunologia , Interleucina-1beta/imunologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Monócitos/imunologia , Monócitos/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Receptores de Interleucina-15/imunologia , Receptores de Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinases S6 Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Via Secretória , Transdução de Sinais , Linfócitos T/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Linfócitos T/metabolismoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an inexpensive and useful inflammatory marker that incorporates the balance of the innate (neutrophil) and adaptive (lymphocyte) immune responses. Data exist on the association between NLR and mortality in various coronary diseases and in cancer surgery, but there is a paucity of data on the impact of preoperative NLR on vascular surgical outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between preoperative NLR and elective endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) outcome. METHODS: A retrospective review of all patients who underwent elective EVAR at a single institution between 2010 and 2018 was conducted (n = 373). Only patients who had a preoperative complete blood count with differential within 30 days of their operation were included. The NLR was computed by dividing the absolute neutrophil count by the absolute lymphocyte count. A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to determine the optimal cutoff value of NLR with the strongest association with mortality. NLR was dichotomized so that patients with NLR above the threshold were at increased risk of mortality compared with those below it. Continuous variables were analyzed using Wilcoxon nonparametric signed-rank test and categorical variables with the Fisher exact test. A comparison of NLR and mortality was completed using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Cox regression analysis was used to evaluate factors associated with mortality through 5-year follow-up. RESULTS: Overall, 108 patients were included in this study. An NLR ≥ 4.0 was found to be associated with mortality (P < .0001). Thirty-two patients composed the High-NLR (NLR ≥ 4.0) group and the remaining 76 patients formed the Low-NLR (NLR < 4.0) group. Baseline characteristics were similar between groups, except that the High-NLR group was older (77.9 vs 74.4; P = .047). At a mean of 36.4 months follow-up, the overall mortality rate was 32.4%. Although there were no differences in the perioperative period, the Kaplan-Meier estimates of mortality were significantly greater in the High-NLR group at 1, 2, and 5 years postoperatively (P < .0001). The mean preoperative NLR of the deceased was higher (5.94 ± 5.20; median, 4.75; interquartile range, 3.17-7.83) than those who survived (2.87 ± 1.61; median, 2.53; interquartile range, 1.97-3.49) (P < .0001). Secondary interventions and sac enlargement rates were similar between groups. On univariable analysis, NLR (hazard ratio [HR], 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.10-1.23; P < .0001), age (HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.02-1.11; P = .004), and aneurysm diameter (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.01-1.07; P = .003) were associated with mortality. On multivariable analysis, NLR (HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.12-1.27; P < .0001), age (HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.01-1.11; P = .026), and aneurysm diameter (HR, 1.04; 95% CI, 1.02-1.07; P = .003) were associated with mortality. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with an elevated preoperative NLR, irrespective of other comorbidities, may represent a previously unrecognized subset of patients who are at heightened risk of mortality after elective EVAR. A complete blood count with differential is an inexpensive test that may be used as a prognostic indicator for outcome after EVAR. Further research is warranted to identify clinical, pathological, or anatomical factors associated with an elevated NLR and to determine modifiable factors, which may help improve long-term survival.
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Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/cirurgia , Procedimentos Endovasculares/mortalidade , Inflamação/mortalidade , Linfócitos , Neutrófilos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/sangue , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/diagnóstico por imagem , Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal/mortalidade , Procedimentos Endovasculares/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Humanos , Inflamação/sangue , Inflamação/diagnóstico , Contagem de Linfócitos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Fatores de Risco , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is highly infectious, carries significant morbidity and mortality, and has rapidly resulted in strained health care system and hospital resources. In addition to patient-related care concerns in infected individuals, focus must also relate to diminishing community spread, protection of staff, case selection, and concentration of resources. The current document based on available data and consensus opinion addresses appropriate catheterization laboratory preparedness for treating these patients, including procedure-room readiness to minimize external contamination, safe donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE) to eliminate risk to staff, and staffing algorithms to minimize exposure and maximize team availability. Case selection and management of both emergent and urgent procedures are discussed in detail, including procedures that may be safely deferred or performed bedside.
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Cateterismo Cardíaco/estatística & dados numéricos , Angiografia Coronária/estatística & dados numéricos , Infecções por Coronavirus/prevenção & controle , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Pandemias/prevenção & controle , Pneumonia Viral/prevenção & controle , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto/normas , COVID-19 , Cateterismo Cardíaco/normas , Cardiologia , Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Feminino , Mortalidade Hospitalar , Humanos , Laboratórios Hospitalares , Liderança , Masculino , Mentores , Pandemias/estatística & dados numéricos , Equipamento de Proteção Individual/estatística & dados numéricos , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Sociedades Médicas , Análise de Sobrevida , Estados UnidosRESUMO
Circulating CD8+ T cells and monocytes are activated during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and colocalize in the aortas of simian immunodeficiency virus-infected nonhuman primates. We hypothesized that CD8+ T cells could exert a proatherosclerotic effect via paracrine actions on monocytes. We found that T-cell receptor-stimulated CD8+ T cells induce monocytes to express tissue factor, a potent activator of coagulation. Tumor necrosis factor was both necessary and sufficient for this effect.
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Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Monócitos/imunologia , Tromboplastina/imunologia , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/imunologia , Coagulação Sanguínea/imunologia , Células Cultivadas , Células Endoteliais/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Humanos , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/imunologiaRESUMO
Allergic asthma is a complex inflammatory disease that leads to significant healthcare costs and reduction in quality of life. Although many cell types are implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma, CD4+ T-helper cell type 2 (Th2) cells are centrally involved. We previously reported that the asthma phenotype is virtually absent in ovalbumin-sensitized and -challenged mice that lack global expression of ß-arrestin (ß-arr)-2 and that CD4+ T cells from these mice displayed significantly reduced CCL22-mediated chemotaxis. Because CCL22-mediated activation of CCR4 plays a role in Th2 cell regulation in asthmatic inflammation, we hypothesized that CCR4-mediated migration of CD4+ Th2 cells to the lung in asthma may use ß-arr-dependent signaling. To test this hypothesis, we assessed the effect of various signaling inhibitors on CCL22-induced chemotaxis using in vitro-polarized primary CD4+ Th2 cells from ß-arr2-knockout and wild-type mice. Our results show, for the first time, that CCL22-induced, CCR4-mediated Th2 cell chemotaxis is dependent, in part, on a ß-arr2-dependent signaling pathway. In addition, we show that this chemotactic signaling mechanism involves activation of P-p38 and Rho-associated protein kinase. These findings point to a proinflammatory role for ß-arr2-dependent signaling and support ß-arr2 as a novel therapeutic target in asthma.
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Quimiotaxia/fisiologia , Receptores CCR4/metabolismo , Células Th2/metabolismo , beta-Arrestina 2/metabolismo , Amidas/farmacologia , Animais , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular , Movimento Celular , Quimiocina CCL22/metabolismo , Quimiotaxia/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Masculino , Camundongos Knockout , Piridinas/farmacologia , Transdução de Sinais , Células Th2/efeitos dos fármacos , beta-Arrestina 2/genéticaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Inequality in health outcomes in relation to Americans' socioeconomic position is rising. OBJECTIVE: First, to evaluate the spatial relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and major atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)-related events; second, to evaluate the relative extent to which neighborhood disadvantage and physiologic risk account for neighborhood-level variation in ASCVD event rates. DESIGN: Observational cohort analysis of geocoded longitudinal electronic health records. SETTING: A single academic health center and surrounding neighborhoods in northeastern Ohio. PATIENTS: 109 793 patients from the Cleveland Clinic Health System (CCHS) who had an outpatient lipid panel drawn between 2007 and 2010. The date of the first qualifying lipid panel served as the study baseline. MEASUREMENTS: Time from baseline to the first occurrence of a major ASCVD event (myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death) within 5 years, modeled as a function of a locally derived neighborhood disadvantage index (NDI) and the predicted 5-year ASCVD event rate from the Pooled Cohort Equations Risk Model (PCERM) of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Outcome data were censored if no CCHS encounters occurred for 2 consecutive years or when state death data were no longer available (that is, from 2014 onward). RESULTS: The PCERM systematically underpredicted ASCVD event risk among patients from disadvantaged communities. Model discrimination was poorer among these patients (concordance index [C], 0.70 [95% CI, 0.67 to 0.74]) than those from the most affluent communities (C, 0.80 [CI, 0.78 to 0.81]). The NDI alone accounted for 32.0% of census tract-level variation in ASCVD event rates, compared with 10.0% accounted for by the PCERM. LIMITATIONS: Patients from affluent communities were overrepresented. Outcomes of patients who received treatment for cardiovascular disease at Cleveland Clinic were assumed to be independent of whether the patients came from a disadvantaged or an affluent neighborhood. CONCLUSION: Neighborhood disadvantage may be a powerful regulator of ASCVD event risk. In addition to supplemental risk models and clinical screening criteria, population-based solutions are needed to ameliorate the deleterious effects of neighborhood disadvantage on health outcomes. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Cleveland and National Institutes of Health.
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Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde , Características de Residência , Medição de Risco , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ohio/epidemiologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: We initiated the SHOPPING Trial (Show How Options in Price for Procedures can be InflueNced Greatly) to see if percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures can be performed at a lower cost in a single institution. BACKGROUND: Procedural practice variability is associated with inefficiency and increased cost. We hypothesized that announcing costs for all supplies during a catheterization procedure and reporting individual operator cost relative to peers would spur cost reduction without affecting clinical outcomes. METHODS: Baseline costs of 10 consecutive PCI procedures performed by 9 interventional cardiologists were documented during a 90-day interval. Costs were reassessed after instituting cost announcing and peer reporting the next quarter. The intervention involved labeling of all endovascular supplies, equipment, devices, and disposables in the catheterization laboratory and announcement of the unit price for each piece when requested. For each interventionalist, procedure time and costs were measured and analyzed prior to and after the intervention. RESULTS: We found that total PCI procedural cost was significantly reduced by an average of $234.77 (P = 0.01), equating to a total savings of $21,129.30 over the course of 90 PCI procedures. Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Event (MACCE) rates were similar during both periods (2.3% vs. 3.5%, P = NS). CONCLUSIONS: Announcing costs in the catheterization laboratory during single vessel PCI and peer reporting leads to cost reduction without affecting clinical outcomes. This intervention may have a role in more complex coronary and peripheral interventional procedures, and in other procedural areas where multiple equipment and device alternatives with variable costs are available. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Cardiologistas/economia , Custos Hospitalares , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/economia , Padrões de Prática Médica/economia , Idoso , Conscientização , Cardiologistas/psicologia , Redução de Custos , Análise Custo-Benefício , Feminino , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ohio , Revisão por Pares , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/instrumentação , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Inflammation in response to oxidized lipoproteins is thought to play a key role in acute coronary syndromes (ACS), but the pattern of immune activation has not been fully characterized. We sought to perform detailed phenotypic and functional analysis of CD8 T lymphocytes from patients presenting with ACS to determine activation patterns and potential immunologic correlates of ACS. APPROACH AND RESULTS: We used polychromatic flow cytometry to analyze the cytokine production profiles of naïve, effector, and memory CD8 T cells in patients with ACS compared with control subjects with stable coronary artery disease. ACS was associated with an altered distribution of circulating CD8(+) T-cell maturation subsets with reduced proportions of naïve cells and expansion of effector memory cells. ACS was also accompanied by impaired interleukin-2 production by phenotypically naïve CD8 T cells. These results were validated in a second replication cohort. Naïve CD8 cells from patients with ACS also had increased expression of programmed cell death-1, which correlated with interleukin-2 hypoproduction. In vitro, stimulation of CD8 T cells with oxidized low-density lipoprotein was sufficient to cause programmed cell death-1 upregulation and diminished interleukin-2 production by naïve CD8 T cells. CONCLUSIONS: In this exploratory analysis, naïve CD8(+) T cells from patients with ACS show phenotypic and functional characteristics of immune exhaustion: impaired interleukin-2 production and programmed cell death-1 upregulation. Exposure to oxidized low-density lipoprotein recapitulates these features in vitro. These data provide evidence that oxidized low-density lipoprotein could play a role in immune exhaustion, and this immunophenotype may be a biomarker for ACS.
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Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/sangue , Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/diagnóstico , Idoso , Biomarcadores/sangue , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/efeitos dos fármacos , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/metabolismo , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Citometria de Fluxo , Humanos , Memória Imunológica , Imunofenotipagem/métodos , Interleucina-2/sangue , Lipoproteínas LDL/farmacologia , Ativação Linfocitária/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fenótipo , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/metabolismoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is associated with increased risk of thromboembolic and cardiovascular comorbid conditions. Although systemic inflammation is linked to cardiovascular risk, direct evidence of vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction is lacking. METHODS: We examined by immunofluorescence microscopy thoracic aortas from 16 simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)- or simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV)-infected and 16 uninfected rhesus macaques. RESULTS: Focal endothelial proliferation and subendothelial inflammatory cells were found in sections of all infected animals, compared with minimal changes in sections from the 16 uninfected controls. In the infected animals, we detected increased endothelial levels of bacterial 16s ribosomal DNA as well as increased subendothelial accumulation of CD68(+) monocytes/macrophages (P< .001) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes (P< .001). Endothelial dysfunction was manifested by decreased levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (P< .005) and Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) (P< .005). KLF2 expression was decreased in primary human aortic endothelial cells exposed to bacterial lipopolysaccharide or to oxidized low-density lipoprotein in vitro, and this could be prevented by simvastatin. CONCLUSIONS: SIV and SHIV infection lead to endothelial inflammation, dysfunction, and decreased KLF2 expression reflecting early atherosclerotic changes. Translocated bacterial components and lipid oxidation products may induce endothelial dysfunction in HIV infection that could be prevented by statin treatment.