title: Tissue resistance in the normal and diseased esophagus.
abstract: This paper presents commentaries on reflux-induced injury of human esophageal epithelium; inflammation in human reflux esophagitis; motor consequences of reflux-induced inflammation in esophageal epithelium; the microscopic morphology of esophageal squamous epithelium; intraluminal impedance in the evaluation of the esophageal mucosa; endoscopic tissue morphology of esophageal squamous epithelium; and the developmental biology of esophageal squamous epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bellizzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nardone
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Debora
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Compare
authors.affiliation: Sect Gastroenterology, Ege Reflux Study Group, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bor
authors.affiliation: Sect Gastroenterology, Ege Reflux Study Group, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Turkey.
authors.forename: Doga
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capanoglu
authors.affiliation: Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ricard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farré
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Neurath
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vieth
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Program, JLC-BBRI, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Program, JLC-BBRI, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina.|Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Xiaoxin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology
keywords: GERD; eosinophilic esophagitis; erosive esophagitis; esophageal squamous epithelium