A new eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)-like disease without tissue eosinophilia found in EoE Families
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11/03/2016
31/12/1969
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BACKGROUND Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a rapidly emerging, chronic inflammatory, genetically impacted disease of the esophagus, defined clinically by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and, pathologically, by an eosinophil-predominant tissue infiltration. However, in four EoE-families, we have identified patients presenting with EoE-typical and corticosteroid-responsive symptoms, but without tissue eosinophilia. It was the aim of this study to clinically and immunologically characterize these patients with EoE-like disease. METHODS Five patients suffering from an EoE-like disease were evaluated with endoscopic, histologic, functional and quantitative immunohistologic examinations, and mRNA expression determination. RESULTS The frequency of first generation offspring of EoE-like disease patients affected by EoE or EoE-like disease was 40%. Immunofluorescence analysis confirmed an almost complete absence of eosinophils in the esophageal tissues of patients with EoE-like disease, but revealed a considerable T cell infiltration, comparable to EoE. In contrast to EoE, eotaxin-3 mRNA and protein were markedly reduced in EoE-like disease (P < 0.05). The mRNA expression levels of three selected EoE genes (eotaxin-3, MUC4 and CDH26) allowed to discriminate between EoE-like disease, EoE and normal epithelium. CONCLUSIONS Patients suffering from "EoE without eosinophilia" do not fulfill formally the diagnostic criteria for EoE. However, their clinical manifestation, immunohistology and gene-expression pattern, plus the fact that they bequeath EoE to their offspring, suggest a uniform underlying pathogenesis. Conventional EoE, with its prominent eosinophilia, therefore appears to be only one phenotype of a broader "inflammatory dysphagia syndrome" spectrum. In this light, the role of the eosinophils, the definition of EoE, and its diagnostic criteria must likely be reconsidered. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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http://boris.unibe.ch/80202/7/all12879.pdf Straumann, A; Blanchard, C; Radonjic-Hoesli, S; Bussmann, Ch; Hruz, P; Safroneeva, Ekaterina; Simon, Dagmar; Schoepfer, A M; Simon, Hans-Uwe (2016). A new eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)-like disease without tissue eosinophilia found in EoE Families. Allergy, 71(6), pp. 889-900. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/all.12879 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.12879> doi:10.7892/boris.80202 info:doi:10.1111/all.12879 info:pmid:26970242 urn:issn:0105-4538 |
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eng |
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Wiley-Blackwell |
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http://boris.unibe.ch/80202/ |
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Straumann, A; Blanchard, C; Radonjic-Hoesli, S; Bussmann, Ch; Hruz, P; Safroneeva, Ekaterina; Simon, Dagmar; Schoepfer, A M; Simon, Hans-Uwe (2016). A new eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)-like disease without tissue eosinophilia found in EoE Families. Allergy, 71(6), pp. 889-900. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/all.12879 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/all.12879> |
Palavras-Chave | #610 Medicine & health #360 Social problems & social services |
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