Role of tight junction proteins in gastroesophageal reflux disease

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mönkemüller, Klaus ^a,b   Wex, Thomas ^a   Kuester, Doerthe ^a   Fry, Lucia C ^a,b   Kandulski, Arne ^a   Kropf, Siegfried ^a   Roessner, Albert ^a   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Marien Hospital Bottrop gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Claudins; Esophagitis; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Inflammation; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 2; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL HYPERPLASIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866524007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-128     Document Type: Article

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