Esophageal microbiome in eosinophilic esophagitis.

The microbiome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of allergic and inflammatory diseases. The mucosa affected by eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is composed of a stratified squamous epithelia and contains intraepithelial eosinophils. To date, no studies have identified the esophageal...

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Main Authors: J Kirk Harris, Rui Fang, Brandie D Wagner, Ha Na Choe, Caleb J Kelly, Shauna Schroeder, Wendy Moore, Mark J Stevens, Alyson Yeckes, Katie Amsden, Amir F Kagalwalla, Angelika Zalewski, Ikuo Hirano, Nirmala Gonsalves, Lauren N Henry, Joanne C Masterson, Charles E Robertson, Donald Y Leung, Norman R Pace, Steven J Ackerman, Glenn T Furuta, Sophie A Fillon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4447451?pdf=render