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MicroRNAs in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: Functional Significance and Potential for the Development of New Molecular Disease Markers.
Current pharmaceutical design - 1 Jan 2015
Bobryshev Yuri V, Orekhov Alexander N, Chistiakov Dmitry A
Abstract excerpt
Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) originates from the neoplastic changes in the esophageal epithelium. Barrett's esophagus (BE) precedes EAC. In BE metaplasia, the normal stratified squamous epithelium is replaced by the intestinal columnar epithelium. Esophageal metaplasia might further progress to dysplasia, neoplasia, and EAC. The neoplastic progression from BE to EAC is accompanied with marked histological and...
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