Search Results - "Filho, Hélcio Alvarenga"

Fatigue favors in vitro Th1 and Th17-like cell expansion and reduces corticoid sensitivity in MS patients by Alvarenga-Filho, Hélcio, Salles, Marisa, Hygino, Joana, Ferreira, Thais B, Sacramento, Priscila M, Monteiro, Clarice, Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina F, Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais, Bento, Cleonice A.M

“…Abstract Fatigue is a common “ ghost ” symptom in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease mediated by T cells that target myelin antigens…”
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Assessing the Impact of IL-6 and Serotonin on Pain and Symptomatology in Fibromyalgia: An Exploratory Clinical Study by Loçasso, Felipe Altino, Filho, Hélcio Alvarenga, Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais, Schimidt, Sérgio Luís, Fiorelli, Filipe Kleinman, Ramos, Plínio Dos Santos, Leidersnaider, Sônia Cristina Leal, Blum, Kenneth, Lewandrowski, Kai-Uwe, Cunha-Junior, Edezio Ferreira, Fiorelli, Rossano Kepler Alvim

“…Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome characterized by widespread pain and a variety of other symptoms, including fatigue, cognitive…”
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Neuromyelitis optica is an HLA associated disease different from Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Alvarenga, Marcos Papais, do Carmo, Luciana Ferreira, Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina Ferreira, Alvarenga, Marina Papais, Alvarenga-Filho, Helcio, de Melo Bento, Cleonice Alves, Paiva, Carmen Lucia Antão, Leyva-Fernández, Laura, Fernández, Óscar, Papais-Alvarenga, Regina Maria

“…Neuromyelitis Optica and Multiple Sclerosis are idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system that currently are considered…”
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Gait characteristics of multiple sclerosis patients in the absence of clinical disability by Nogueira, Leandro Alberto Calazans, Teixeira, Luciano, Sabino, Pollyane, Filho, Helcio Alvarenga, Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais, Thuler, Luiz Claudio

“…Purpose: Motor deficits in lower extremities and gait abnormalities are a major feature of the multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Patients with minimal clinical…”
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Dopamine favors expansion of glucocorticoid-resistant IL-17-producing T cells in multiple sclerosis by Ferreira, Thais B, Barros, Priscila O, Teixeira, Bruna, Cassano, Tatiane, Centurião, Newton, Kasahara, Taissa M, Hygino, Joana, Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina F, Filho, Helcio Alvarenga, Alvarenga, Regina, Wing, Ana Cristina, Andrade, Regis M, Andrade, Arnaldo F, Bento, Cleonice A.M

“…Abstract Dopamine (DA) is a neurotransmitter produced mainly in the central nervous system (CNS) that has immunomodulatory actions on T cells. As the multiple…”
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Combined exercise training reduces fatigue and modulates the cytokine profile of T-cells from multiple sclerosis patients in response to neuromediators by Alvarenga-Filho, Helcio, Sacramento, Priscila M, Ferreira, ThaisB, Hygino, Joana, Abreu, Jorge Eduardo Canto, Carvalho, Sonia Regina, Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais, Bento, Cleonice A.M

“…Abstract Fatigue is a common and disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS), a classical Th1 and Th17-mediated autoimmune disease. There is no effective…”
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Does fatigue occur in MS patients without disability? by Alvarenga-Filho, Helcio, Papais-Alvarenga, Regina Maria, Carvalho, Sonia Regina, Clemente, Heleine Norman, Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina, Dias, Ricardo Marques

“…Background: Motor dysfunction and fatigue are the most common impairments that are associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Walk tests and scales demonstrate…”
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Is Asian type MS an MS phenotype, an NMO spectrum disorder, or a MOG-IgG related disease? by Papais Alvarenga, Regina Maria, Araújo, Ana Carolina Ribeiro de Araújo e, Nascimento, Anna Christiany Brandão, Araujo, Nadja Emídio Correa de, Meneguette, Nathalie Stéphanie, Neri, Vanderson Carvalho, Papais Alvarenga, Marina, Filho, Helcio Alvarenga, Barros, Priscilla de Oliveira, Bento, Cleonice Alves, Schmidt, Sergio Luis, Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina Ferreira, Alvarenga, Marcos Papais

“…•Asian type MS has two subtypes nowadays: opticospinal MS (OSMS) and Neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Both subtypes of the Asian type MS occur in the Brazilian…”
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Lower frequency of antibodies to MOG in Brazilian patients with demyelinating diseases: An ethnicity influence? by Papais-Alvarenga, Regina Maria, Neri, Vanderson Carvalho, de Araújo e Araújo, Ana Carolina Ribeiro, da Silva, Elizabeth Batista, Alvarenga, Marcos Papais, Pereira, Ana Beatriz Calmon Nogueira da Gama, Brandão, Anna Christiany, Alvarenga-Filho, Helcio, Guimarães, Marcell Pourbaix Morisson, Marignier, Romain, Barros, Priscila Oliveira, Bento, Cleonice Melo, Vasconcelos, Claudia Cristina Ferreira

“…•A high frequency of MOG antibodies (MOG-Ab) was found in Caucasians with NMO and high-risk syndromes negative for AQP4-Ab.•In Rio de Janeiro, where the…”
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Is it useful to perform carbon monoxide diffusion capacity and respiratory muscle function tests in patients with multiple sclerosis without disability? by CARVALHO, SONIA REGINA S., ALVARENGA FILHO, HELCIO, PAPAIS-ALVARENGA, REGINA M., CHACUR, FERNANDO H., DIAS, RICARDO M.

“…ABSTRACT Background and objective:  Impairment of respiratory function has been described in end‐stage multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as in patients with…”
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