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Squamous Tissue Lymphocytes in the Esophagus of Controls and Patients with Reflux Esophagitis and Barrett’s Esophagus Are Characterized by a Non-Inflammatory Phenotype

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Reflux esophagitis (RE) is characterized by inflammation of the squamous epithelium (SQ) of the esophagus and may progress to Barrett’s esophagus (BE) characterized by intestinal metaplasia. The role of inflammation in this transition has been postulated but lacks experimen...

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Autores principales: Lind, Alexandra, Koenderman, Leo, Kusters, Johannes G., Siersema, Peter D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4149547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106261