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Barrett's metaplasia develops from cellular reprograming of esophageal squamous epithelium due to gastroesophageal reflux.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Jun 2017
Minacapelli Carlos D, Bajpai Manisha, Geng Xin, Cheng Christina L, Chouthai Abhishek A, Souza Rhonda, Spechler Stuart J, Das Kiron M
Abstract excerpt
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) clinically predisposes to columnar Barrett's metaplasia (BM) in the distal esophagus. We demonstrate evidence supporting the cellular origin of BM from reprograming or transcommitment of resident normal esophageal squamous (NES) epithelial cells in response to acid and bile (A + B) exposure using an in vitro cell culture model. The hTERT-immortalized NES cell line NES-B10T...
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