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Papers by Henrique Mariz

Objective. To analyze the role of interleukin 22 (IL-22) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. I... more Objective. To analyze the role of interleukin 22 (IL-22) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods. IL-22 serum levels were measured in 83 patients with established RA under treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and in 30 healthy controls matched for age and sex. Patients were assessed for clinical and laboratory variables. Correlations of IL-22 serum levels with disease activity measures [Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Disease Activity Score for 28 joints (DAS28)], serological markers, bone erosions, and demographic factors were assessed. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 30 patients with RA and 14 controls were purified and stimulated in vitro with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)/ionomycin. IL-22 production by PBMC and in serum was investigated by ELISA. Results. IL-22 levels were increased in patients with RA compared with controls (mean 432.37 pg/ml and 67.45 pg/ml, respectively; p < 0.001). Levels of IL-22 correlated with DAS28 and CDAI me...

Lupus

Objectives To evaluate factors associated with COVID-19 severity outcomes in patients with system... more Objectives To evaluate factors associated with COVID-19 severity outcomes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods This was a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data of a prospective, multi-stage cohort study—“The ReumaCoV Brazil”—designed to monitor patients with immune-mediated rheumatologic disease (IMRD) during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. SLE adult patients with COVID-19 were compared with those without COVID-19. SLE activity was evaluated by the patient global assessment (PGA) and SLE Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K). Results 604 SLE patients were included, 317 (52.4%) with COVID-19 and 287 (47.6%) in the control group. SLE COVID-19 patients reported a lower frequency of social isolation and worked more frequently as health professionals. There was no difference in the mean SLEDAI-2K score between groups in the post–COVID-19 period (5.8 [8.6] vs. 4.5 [8.0]; p = 0.190). However, infected patients reported increased SLE activity according to the Patient ...

The Lancet Rheumatology, 2021

Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on ... more Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

Advances in Rheumatology

Background The VI Brazilian Consensus on Autoantibodies against HEp-2 cells for determination of ... more Background The VI Brazilian Consensus on Autoantibodies against HEp-2 cells for determination of autoantibodies against cellular constituents on HEp-2 cells was held on September, 2019, in Fortaleza (CE, Brazil). The guidelines in this edition were formulated by the group of Brazilian experts discussing the classification of complex patterns, the classification of the nuclear discrete dots (few and multiple), the identification of the discrete fine speckled pattern (AC-4a) and improvements on the ANA report. Mainbody Sixteen Brazilian researchers and experts from universities and clinical laboratories representing the various geographical regions of Brazil participated in the meeting. Four main topics were discussed: (1) How to classify patterns with fluorescence in more than one cell compartment considering three relevant categoris: composite patterns, mixed patterns and multiple patterns; (2) The splitting of the discrete nuclear dots pattern into the multiple discrete nuclear dot...

Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Pediat Rheumatol Unit, Sao Paulo, BrazilMaastricht Univ, Med Ctr, Cent Diagno... more Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Pediat Rheumatol Unit, Sao Paulo, BrazilMaastricht Univ, Med Ctr, Cent Diagnost Lab, Maastricht, NetherlandsUniv Occupat & Environm Hlth, Sch Hlth Sci, Dept Clin Nursing, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, JapanUniv Florida, Dept Oral Biol, Gainesville, FL 32610 USAUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista Med, Rheumatol, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniv Fed Pernambuco, Hosp Clin, Internal Med, Recife, PE, BrazilEscola Paulista Med, Rheumatol Div, Sao Paulo, BrazilFleury Med & Hlth Labs, Dept Res & Dev, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Sao Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista Med, Rheumatologyy, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista Med, Rheumatology Division, Sao Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

Clinical Rheumatology, 2020

The Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Screen II (ToPAS II) was developed as a tool to screen patients w... more The Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis Screen II (ToPAS II) was developed as a tool to screen patients with probable psoriatic arthritis. We aimed to evaluate the validation of the ToPAS II questionnaire in a Brazilian population. The Portuguese translation of the ToPAS II was sent to us by the developer authors of the original index, and adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. Subjects were recruited from dermatology, general, and rheumatology outpatient clinics. After patients completed the questionnaire, they were assessed by a rheumatologist, according to standard protocol. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) was used to obtain the sensitivity and specificity of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the ToPAS II questionnaire. One hundred and eighty-four subjects were recruited in the study. There were 70 subjects from the psoriasis group, 44 subjects from the psoriatic arthritis (PsA) group, 40 subjects from the rheumatology (non-PsA) group, and 45 healthy controls. Twenty-four patients (34.3%) in the psoriasis group had inflammatory pain and met the CASPAR classification criteria. The area under the ROC curve was 0.96, which indicates that an excellent predictor and optimum cutoff threshold to discriminate patients diagnosed with PsA used was eight as originally chosen. The overall sensitivity and specificity based on the cutoff threshold of eight were 91.3 and 90.9%, respectively. The Portuguese Brazilian version of the ToPAS II has good sensitivity and specificity and is a useful tool to screen for PsA. Key Points • Among these psoriasis patients, almost 35% in fact had psoriatic arthritis without correct diagnosis. Keeping alert of the need to disclose screening tool’s use. • The TOPAS II can facilitate the screening of patients suggestive of inflammatory joint disease (with high probability of rheumatologic diagnosis) decreasing morbidity of these patients. Key Points • Among these psoriasis patients, almost 35% in fact had psoriatic arthritis without correct diagnosis. Keeping alert of the need to disclose screening tool’s use. • The TOPAS II can facilitate the screening of patients suggestive of inflammatory joint disease (with high probability of rheumatologic diagnosis) decreasing morbidity of these patients.

SBR 2021 Congresso Brasileiro de Reumatologia, 2021

Lupus, 2021

Introduction: After more than 20 years of sustained work, the Latin American Group for the Study ... more Introduction: After more than 20 years of sustained work, the Latin American Group for the Study of Lupus (GLADEL) has made a significant number of contributions to the field of lupus, not only in the differential role that race/ethnicity plays in its course and outcome but also in several other studies including the beneficial effects of using antimalarials in lupus patients and the development of consensus guidelines for the treatment of lupus in our region. Methods: A new generation of “Lupus Investigators” in more than 40 centers throughout Latin America has been constituted in order to continue the legacy of the investigators of the original cohort and to launch a novel study of serum and urinary biomarkers in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Results: So far, we have recruited 807 patients and 631 controls from 42 Latin-American centers including 339 patients with SLE without renal involvement, 202 patients with SLE with prevalent but inactive renal disease, 176 pati...

Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Reumatologia 2020, 2021

Immunogenetics, 2020

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder involving heterogeneous clini... more Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder involving heterogeneous clinical manifestations and numerous susceptibility genes. Several findings evidence the critical role of inflammasomes in the predisposition to autoimmune diseases and in SLE. We investigated whether inflammasome polymorphins could affect susceptibility to develop and/or severity SLE. Moreover, differences in inflammasome activation in peripheral blood were also evaluated in SLE patients and controls. The distribution of 13 SNPs in eight inflammasome genes was evaluated. To assess inflammasome priming in peripheral blood monocytes of SLE and controls, differential expression of selected inflammasome genes and IL-1ß production was analyzed in resting condition as well as after LPS and ATP stimulation. Results showed that the gain-of-function variant rs10754558 ( NLRP3) was significantly more frequent in SLE patients with nephritis, reinforcing the concept of a key role of NLRP3 inflammasome not only in SLE but also especially in kidney disease. SLE monocytes in resting condition showed a higher level of IL-1ß expression and produced higher levels of IL-1ß when stimulated with LPS+ATP comparing to controls. The stimulation induced a significant expression of NLRP1 , AIM2 , CASP1 , and IL1B genes, suggesting that the NLRP1 inflammasome is responsible for the IL-1ß production observed in monocytes. These data emphasized once more the important contribution of inflammasome in SLE-associated inflammation.

Nephron, 2020

Introduction: The International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS) classific... more Introduction: The International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS) classification of lupus nephritis (LN) divides class IV into segmental and global (IV-S and IV-G) based on evidence suggesting different renal outcomes. However, subsequent studies have shown conflicting results. Objective: This study was performed to compare long-term renal outcomes between the IV-S and IV-G classes. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of adult patients with biopsy-proven class IV LN using the ISN/RPS classification. The primary end point was end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Results: Among the 89 patients, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis was twice as frequent in the IV-G group (60 vs. 29%; p = 0.005) than that in the IV-S group. Moreover, the IV-G group had a higher rate of biopsy with cellular and fibrocellular crescents (70.9 vs. 47.1%, p = 0.024) and more crescentic glomerulonephritis (34.5 vs. 5.8%, p = 0.007) than the IV-S group. After a mean follow-up of 57 months, the IV-G group had a greater risk of ESRD (RR 3.9; 95% CI 1.2–12.2, p = 0.006) than the IV-S group. Multivariate analysis indicated that class IV-G was an independent predictor of ESRD. Conclusions: Patients with class IV-G have a higher risk of ESRD than patients with class IV-S.

Blucher Medical Proceedings, 2019

JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE The epidemiology of vasculitis is variable in different geographic areas, an... more BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE The epidemiology of vasculitis is variable in different geographic areas, and this issue has not been approached in Brazil yet. The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of vasculitis in specialized centers in Brazil. METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed in 9 vasculitis outpatient clinics from 6 different states mainly from the Southeast and the Northeast regions of Brazil between 2015 and 2017. Diagnosis and/or classification criteria for Behçet disease (BD), Takayasu arteritis (TA), giant cell arteritis (GCA), polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CryoVas) were used to include patients with at least 6 months of follow-up in this hospital-based survey. RESULTS A total of 1233 patients with systemic vasculitis were included from the Southeast region. Behçet disease was the most frequent vasculitis (35.0%) followed by TA (26.4%), GPA (16.2%), PAN (5.8%), GCA (5.8%), EGPA (4.3%), MPA (3.4%), and CryoVas (3.0%). Up to 7.8% of vasculitis patients had a juvenile onset, and the frequency of vasculitides found in children and adolescents was as follows: TA (52.6%), BD (24.7%), GPA (12.4%), and PAN (10.3%). No cases of EGPA, MPA, and CryoVas were diagnosed before the age of 18 years. As a comparator, 103 vasculitis patients were included in the Northeast of Brazil where TA was found in 36.9% and BD in 31.1% of vasculitis cases. No GCA cases were found in the Northeast part of Brazil. CONCLUSIONS Similar to the epidemiology of vasculitis in Asia, BD and TA are the most frequent vasculitis in Southeastern Brazilian referral centers.

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BioMed research international, 2018

Heren, we analyzed Treg cells as potential biomarkers of disease activity in systemic lupus eryth... more Heren, we analyzed Treg cells as potential biomarkers of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 30 SLE patients (15 active: SLEDAI > 6/15 SLE remission: SLEDAI< 6) and 15 healthy volunteers were purified. Treg immunophenotyping was performed using CD4, CD25, CD45, CD127, and FOXP3 markers. CD4FOXP3 Treg activation state was investigated based on CD45RA and FOXP3 expression. To increase the accuracy of our findings, a multivariate linear regression was performed. We showed a significant increase in the frequency of CD4FOXP3 Treg cells in SLE patients. However, unlike all other Treg cells phenotypes analyzed, only eTreg (CD4FOXP3CD45RA) (p=0.01) subtype was inversely correlated with disease activity while Foxp3nontreg (CD4FOXP3CD45RA) (p=0.003) exerted a direct influence in the outcome of the disease. Foxp3nontreg cells were the most consistent SLE active indicator, confirmed by multiple linear regression analyses...

Immunology letters, Jan 27, 2018

Immune dysregulation is a central process in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Cytoki... more Immune dysregulation is a central process in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Cytokines produced by lymphocytes and monocytes are important mediators and induce tissue damage, recruit additional inflammatory cells, and promote extracellular matrix production and fibrosis. In the present research, we aimed to study the associations between levels of cytokines in serum and culture supernatants from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and clinical manifestations in SSc patients. Serum samples were obtained from 56 SSc patients and 56 unrelated age- and gender-matched healthy individuals. Resting and anti-CD3/CD28-stimulated PBMC cultures were obtained from 19 SSc patients and 8 healthy controls. IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, TNF, and IFN-γ levels were measured by ELISA or CBA. Serum cytokines, except IL-17A, were below the kit detection limit in most of the patients and controls. In unstimulated PBMC, the production of TNF(p = 0.004), IL-10(p = .048), IL-2(p <...

Tissue Antigens, 2014

We analyzed the possible association between human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) genetic variants, ... more We analyzed the possible association between human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) genetic variants, supposed to regulate HLA-G expression, and the susceptibility to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as well as its clinical manifestations. The 5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;upstream regulatory region (5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;URR) and 3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;untranslated region (3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;UTR) regions of the HLA-G gene were screened in 127 RA patients and 128 controls: 10 5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;URR and 3 3&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;UTR HLA-G polymorphisms as well as two haplotypes were associated with risk for RA development, while a polymorphism in the 5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;URR showed an association with the degree of disease activity. These findings, although the number of cases analyzed is limited and the P-values are modest, indicate a possible association between HLA-G gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to develop RA disease and its severity.

The Journal of Rheumatology, 2012

Objective.To analyze the role of interleukin 22 (IL-22) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods.IL-2... more Objective.To analyze the role of interleukin 22 (IL-22) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods.IL-22 serum levels were measured in 83 patients with established RA under treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and in 30 healthy controls matched for age and sex. Patients were assessed for clinical and laboratory variables. Correlations of IL-22 serum levels with disease activity measures [Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and Disease Activity Score for 28 joints (DAS28)], serological markers, bone erosions, and demographic factors were assessed. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 30 patients with RA and 14 controls were purified and stimulated in vitro with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)/ionomycin. IL-22 production by PBMC and in serum was investigated by ELISA.Results.IL-22 levels were increased in patients with RA compared with controls (mean 432.37 pg/ml and 67.45 pg/ml, respectively; p < 0.001). Levels of IL-22 correlated with DAS28 and CDAI measure...