Experiencia compartida: una nueva mirada del proceso evaluativo. Algunas voces de los actores principales, los alumnos egresados UCC 2007-2011

La finalidad de este trabajo es la de reflexionar sobre el tema evaluación a partir del análisis de una cátedra compartida de Práctica Docente del Profesorado Universitario, en la UCC.Se plantean en primer término, los presupuestos epistemológicos, sociales y fácticos del desarrollo de la experiencia y, luego, cómo desde esa perspectiva es ejecutada para evaluar el proceso y acreditar la asignatura, utilizando como estrategias el DAC. (Dispositivo de análisis de clases) y el portafolio, asumiendo una tarea compartida entre docentes y alumnos, que implica la hétero, la auto, la co y la para-evaluación, en la búsqueda coherente de la “magis ignaciana”

B-cell profile, B-cell activating factor concentration and IgG levels in human cutaneous and mucosal leishmaniasis

Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate characteristics of B cells in human tegumentary leismaniasis (TL) analysing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), most prevalent form and mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), aggressive form characterized by the destruction of the oral-nasal-pharyngeal cavities. Methods and results: By flow cytometry analysis, we found decreased percentages of non–class-switched memory B cells in TL with the degree of the loss related to clinical severity. Using commercial ELISA, we reported high levels of B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and IgG preferentially in aggressive CL and markedly in ML together with decreased BAFF receptors in the latter. We also found lower levels of BAFF after clinical recovery suggesting a relation between BAFF and disease activity. Mucosal leishmaniasis history of therapeutic failure presented high levels of BAFF accompanied by detectable concentrations of IFN-γ and IL-6 (assayed by commercial ELISA and cytometric bead arrays respectively), cytokines involved in exaggerated inflammatory responses and tissue damage in TL. Conclusion: We demonstrate B-cell disturbances in TL with the degree of the alterations related to clinical severity. We suggest a relation between excess of BAFF and disease activity and point towards a possible implication of BAFF in the inflammatory phenomenon of ML.Fil: Parodi Ramoneda, Cecilia María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Barrio, Alejandra. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Cs.de la Salud. Cátedra de Microbiología; ArgentinaFil: Garcia Bustos, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: González Prieto, Ana Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Cs.de la Salud. Cátedra de Microbiología; ArgentinaFil: Pimentel Solá, María Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Badano, Maria Noel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Albareda, María Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud “Dr. C. G. Malbrán”. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”; ArgentinaFil: Castro Eiro, Melisa Daiana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud “Dr. C. G. Malbrán”. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”; ArgentinaFil: Laucella, Susana Adriana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud “Dr. C. G. Malbrán”. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”; ArgentinaFil: Elizalde de Bracco, María Marta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; Argentin

Humoral response to the BBIBP-CorV vaccine over time in healthcare workers with or without exposure to SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2-specific humoral response was analyzed over time in a group of healthcare workers with or without exposure to SARS-CoV-2, who underwent vaccination with BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) vaccine in Argentina. Seroconversion rates in unexposed subjects after the first and second doses were 40 % and 100 %, respectively, showing a significant increase in antibody concentrations from dose 1 to dose 2 (p < 0.0001). The highest antibody concentrations were found in younger subjects and women, remaining significantly associated in a multivariable linear regression model (p = 0.005). A single dose of the BBIBP-CorV vaccine induced a strong antibody response in individuals with prior SARS-CoV-2infection, while a second dose did not increase this response. A sharp increase in antibody concentrations was observed following SARS-CoV-2 infection in those participants who became infected after the first and second doses (p = 0.008). Individuals with SARS-CoV-2 exposure prior to vaccination showed significantly higher anti-spike IgG antibody levels, at all-time points, than those not exposed (p < 0.001). Higher antibody titers were induced by a single dose in previously SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals than those induced in naïve subjects by two doses of the vaccine (p < 0.0001). Three months after the second dose both groups showed a decline in antibody levels, being more abrupt in unexposed subjects. Overall, our results showed a trend towards lower antibody concentrations over time following BBIBP-CorV vaccination. Sex and age seem to influence the magnitude of the humoral response in unexposed subjects while the combination of exposure to SARS-CoV-2 plus vaccination, whatever the sequence of the events was, produced a sharp increase in antibody levels. Evaluation of the humoral responses over time and the analysis of the induction and persistence of memory B and T cell responses, are needed to assess long-term immune protection induced by BBIBP-CorV vaccine.Fil: Badano, Maria Noel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Sabbione, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Keitelman, Irene Angélica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Pereson Moschen, Matias Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Aloisi, Natalia. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Colado, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Ramos, Maria Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Ortiz Wilczyñski, Juan Manuel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Pozner, Roberto Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Castillo, Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Wigdorovitz, Georgina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Elizalde de Bracco, María Marta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Fink, Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Chuit, Roberto. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas; ArgentinaFil: Baré, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; Argentin

Infección por HIV, quimioquinas y otros receptores

Fil: Bracco, María Marta. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas "Mariano R. Castex"; ArgentinaFil: Ruibal, Beatriz Haydee. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas "Mariano R. Castex"; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Progressive reduction of circulating B lymphocytes in patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP)

Fil: Baré, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Parodi Ramoneda, Cecilia María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Malbrán, Alejandro. Unidad de Alergia, Asma e Inmunología Clínica; ArgentinaFil: Elizalde de Bracco, María Marta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; Argentin

Influence of Hepatitis C virus coinfection on immune reconstitution in HIV subjects

Despite successful HIV suppression by antiretroviral treatment (ART), immune activation may persist in HIV patients, contributing to an impaired immunological reconstitution and disease progression. Information regarding Hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection as a factor that accounts for immune activation in HIV subjects remains unclear. Furthermore, most studies have been carried out considering HIV/HCV patients as a whole, without taking into account the presence or absence of liver damage. Therefore, it is unknown if HCV and/or its liver-related disease could act as two independent factors contributing to the immune activation. In this study, we investigated the presence of immune activation in a cohort of 50 HIV/HCV patients by measuring cytokine levels, CD4+ T-cell counts and CD4/CD8 ratios. Six patient groups were defined according to HIV viral load, HCV status, and liver disease to assess the impact of each of these factors on immune activation and reconstitution in HIV/HCV patients. Only subjects with controlled HIV infection and cleared HCV displayed immunological parameters within normal ranges. The mere presence of HCV contributes to immune activation leading to an inappropriate immunological reconstitution. This state exacerbates in the presence of HCV-associated liver disease. Our results suggest that ART is not enough to suppress immune activation in the context of HIV/HCV coinfection, since both HCV and its liver-related disease would contribute to the immune activation. Given that immune activation worsens immunological reconstitution and clinical status, these results support the priority of HCV treatment in HIV/HCV patients and suggest the monitoring of their liver status.Fil: Badano, Maria Noel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Parodi, María Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Aloisi Zavala, Natalia Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Corti, Marcelo. Fundación de la Hemofilia; ArgentinaFil: Elizalde de Bracco, María Marta. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Baré, Patricia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; Argentin

CD4+ T Lymphocytes with follicular helper phenotype (T FH) in patients with SH2D1A deficiency (XLP)

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells with T FH phenotype from two asymptomatic XLP patients were studied. Normal/high numbers of CXCR5+, CD4+ T cells coexpressing PD-1 were demonstrated. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from these patients responded to sub-optimal PHA/IL-2 stimulation upregulating ICOS and CD40L and increasing intracellular expression of IL-10, IL-21 and IL-4 by CD4+ T FH cells. However when compared to N, the time profile of activation and cytokine synthesis was different in XLP and N. While ICOS and CD40L expression in N decreased after 6-8days, it continued to increase or was maintained in XLP cultures. Intracellular IL-10, IL-21 and IL-4 reached higher values in XLP than N after 8days. Rather than the absence of T FH cells or their intrinsic inability to respond to stimuli, differences in the time profile of their response could contribute to impair their role as helpers of B lymphocytes. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.Fil: Coraglia, Ana Carina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Felippo, Marta Elena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Schierloh, Luis Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Malbrán, Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; ArgentinaFil: González Bracco, María de las Mercedes. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Medicina Experimental. Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Medicina Experimental; Argentin

Common Variable Immunodeficiency and Circulating TFH

CD4+ T follicular helper cells (TFH) were assessed in adult patients with common variable immune deficiency (CVID) classified according to the presence of granulomatous disease (GD), autoimmunity (AI), or both GD and AI (Group I) or the absence of AI and GD (Group II). TFH lymphocytes were characterized by expression of CXCR5 and PD-1. TFH were higher (in both absolute number and percentage) in Group I than in Group II CVID patients and normal controls (N). Within CXCR5+CD4+ T cells, the percentage of PD-1 (+) was higher and that of CCR7 (+) was lower in Group I than in Group II and N. The percentages of Treg and TFH reg were similar in both CVID groups and in N. TFH responded to stimulation increasing the expression of the costimulatory molecules CD40L and ICOS as did N. After submitogenic PHA+IL-2 stimulation, intracellular expression of TFH cytokines (IL-10, IL-21) was higher than N in Group I, and IL-4 was higher than N in Group II. These results suggest that TFH are functional in CVID and highlight the association of increased circulating TFH with AI and GD manifestations

Activation of Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule triggers a signaling cascade that enhances Th1 responses in human intracellular infection

T cell production of IFN- contributes to host defense against infection by intracellular pathogens, including mycobacteria. Lepromatous leprosy, the disseminated form of infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, is characterized by loss of cellular response against the pathogen and diminished Th1 cytokine production. Relieving bacterial burden in Ag-unresponsive patients might be achieved through alternative receptors that stimulate IFN- production. We have previously shown that ligation of signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) enhances IFN- in mycobacterial infection; therefore, we investigated molecular pathways leading from SLAM activation to IFN- production in human leprosy. The expression of the SLAM-associated protein (an inhibitory factor for IFN- induction) on M. leprae-stimulated cells from leprosy patients was inversely correlated to IFN- production. However, SLAM ligation or exposure of cells from lepromatous patients to a proinflammatory microenvironment down-regulated SLAM-associated protein expression. Moreover, SLAM activation induced a sequence of signaling proteins, including activation of the NF-B complex, phosphorylation of Stat1, and induction of T-bet expression, resulting in the promotion of IFN- production, a pathway that remains quiescent in response to Ag in lepromatous patients. Therefore, our findings reveal a cascade of molecular events during signaling through SLAM in leprosy that cooperate to induce IFN-production and strongly suggest that SLAM might be a focal point for therapeutic modulation of T cell cytokine responses in diseases characterized by dysfunctional Th2 responses.Fil: Quiroga, María F.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de Clínicas General San Martín; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; ArgentinaFil: Martínez, Gustavo J.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de Clínicas General San Martín; ArgentinaFil: Pasquinelli, Virginia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de Clínicas General San Martín; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; ArgentinaFil: Costas, Monica Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas; ArgentinaFil: Bracco, María Marta. Instituto de Investigaciones Hematológicas, Academia Nacional de Medicina, Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Malbrán, Alejandro. Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires. Servicio de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica; ArgentinaFil: Olivares, Maria Liliana. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital de Infecciosas "Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz"; ArgentinaFil: Sieling, Peter A.. University of California. School of Medicine; Estados UnidosFil: García, Verónica E.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de Clínicas General San Martín; Argentin