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Pathophysiology of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2018
O'Shea Kelly M, Aceves Seema S, Dellon Evan S, Gupta Sandeep K, Spergel Jonathan M, Furuta Glenn T, Rothenberg Marc E
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Eosinophilic esophagitis is an emerging disease that is distinguished from gastroesophageal reflux disease by the expression of a unique esophageal transcriptome and the interplay of early life environmental factors with distinct genetic susceptibility elements at 5q22 (TSLP) and 2p23 (CAPN14). Rare genetic syndromes have uncovered the contribution of barrier disruption, mediated in part by defective desmosomes...
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