Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 588-597 , August 2009

Inflammation and Intestinal Metaplasia of the Distal Esophagus Are Associated With Alterations in the Microbiome

  • Liying Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Xiaohua Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Carlos W. Nossa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Fritz Francois

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Richard M. Peek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Zhiheng Pei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
    • Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Zhiheng Pei, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Service (113), Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, Room 6001W, 423 East 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010. fax: (212) 951-5492

Received 22 January 2009 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (UH2CA140233, R01CA97946, R01AI063477; to Z.P.) and by the Medical Research Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00559-9

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.04.046

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 588-597 , August 2009

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