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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |