Esophageal disease: updated information on inflammation.

Abstract

The following on esophageal disease provides updated information the mucosal defense against acid and acid-pepsin injury; the roles of platelet activating factor, mast cells, proinflammatory cytokines, and chemokines in inflammation; differences and similarities in erosive and nonerosive esophagitis; acid and vanilloid receptors in esophageal mucosa; and bile acid receptors in esophageal epithelium.

• Authors: Roy C Orlando, William G Paterson, Karen M Harnett, Jie Ma, Jose Behar, Piero Biancani, Michele Pier Luca Guarino, Annamaria Altomare, Michele Cicala, Weibiao Cao
• Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Ann N Y Acad Sci) Vol. 1232 Pg. 369-75 (Sep 2011) ISSN: 1749-6632 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21950828 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
• Copyright: © 2011 New York Academy of Sciences.

Chemical References

• Platelet Activating Factor

Topics

• Esophageal Diseases (physiopathology)
• Humans
• Inflammation (physiopathology)
• Mast Cells (immunology)
• Platelet Activating Factor (physiology)