Featured Publications
Omeprazole blocks eotaxin-3 expression by oesophageal squamous cells from patients with eosinophilic oesophagitis and GORD.
Cheng E, Zhang X, Huo X, Yu C, Zhang Q, Wang DH, Spechler SJ, Souza RF Gut 2012 May
Omeprazole blocks STAT6 binding to the eotaxin-3 promoter in eosinophilic esophagitis cells.
Zhang X, Cheng E, Huo X, Yu C, Zhang Q, Pham TH, Wang DH, Spechler SJ, Souza RF PLoS ONE 2012 7 11 e50037
Deoxycholic acid causes DNA damage while inducing apoptotic resistance through NF-?B activation in benign Barrett's epithelial cells.
Huo X, Juergens S, Zhang X, Rezaei D, Yu C, Strauch ED, Wang JY, Cheng E, Meyer F, Wang DH, Zhang Q, Spechler SJ, Souza RF Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 2011 Aug 301 2 G278-86
Acid and bile salt-induced CDX2 expression differs in esophageal squamous cells from patients with and without Barrett's esophagus.
Huo X, Zhang HY, Zhang XI, Lynch JP, Strauch ED, Wang JY, Melton SD, Genta RM, Wang DH, Spechler SJ, Souza RF Gastroenterology 2010 Jul 139 1 194-203.e1
Gastroesophageal reflux might cause esophagitis through a cytokine-mediated mechanism rather than caustic acid injury.
Souza RF, Huo X, Mittal V, Schuler CM, Carmack SW, Zhang HY, Zhang X, Yu C, Hormi-Carver K, Genta RM, Spechler SJ Gastroenterology 2009 Nov 137 5 1776-84
