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The Immune Cell Composition in Barrett's Metaplastic Tissue Resembles That in Normal Duodenal Tissue

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Barrett's esophagus (BE) is characterized by the transition of squamous epithelium into columnar epithelium with intestinal metaplasia. The increased number and types of immune cells in BE have been indicated to be due to a Th2-type inflammatory process. We tested the...

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Autores principales: Lind, Alexandra, Siersema, Peter D., Kusters, Johannes G., Van der Linden, Jan A. M., Knol, Edward F., Koenderman, Leo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3317926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22509265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033899