Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 1 , Pages 154-165 , January 2007

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease–Associated Esophagitis Induces Endogenous Cytokine Production Leading to Motor Abnormalities

  • Florian Rieder

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Ling Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
    • ,
  • Karen M. Harnett

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
    • ,
  • Amitabh Chak

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Gregory S. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Gerard Isenberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Monica Ray

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Jeffry A. Katz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Andrew Catanzaro

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Robert O’Shea

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Anthony B. Post

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Richard Wong

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Michael V. Sivak

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Thomas McCormick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Manijeh Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Gail A. West

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Joseph E. Willis

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Piero Biancani

      Affiliations

    • Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Claudio Fiocchi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Claudio Fiocchi, MD, Department of Pathobiology, and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195. fax: (216) 636-0104.

Received 16 March 2006 ,Accepted 14 September 2006.

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 Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (DK30399 and DK50984 to C.F.; DK57030 to P.B.). The authors acknowledge the contribution of the Institute of Pathology of University Hospitals of Cleveland. Tissue samples were provided by the Human Tissue Procurement Facility of University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.

PII: S0016-5085(06)02232-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.10.009

Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 1 , Pages 154-165 , January 2007

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