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High prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders

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Abonia, J. Pablo, Wen, Ting, Stucke, Emily M., Grotjan, Tommie, Griffith, Molly S., Kemme, Katherine A., Collins, Margaret H., Putnam, Philip E. +7 more·2013·Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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Background Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an emerging chronic inflammatory disease mediated by immune hypersensitization to multiple foods and strongly associated with atopy and esophageal remodeling.Objective We provide clinical and molecular evidence indicating a high prevalence of EoE in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders (CTDs).Methods We examined the rate of EoE among patients with CTDs and subsequently analyzed esophageal mRNA transcript profiles in patients with EoE with or without CTD features.Results We report a cohort of 42 patients with EoE with a CTD-like syndrome, representing 0.8% of patients with CTDs and 1.3% of patients with EoE within our hospital-wide electronic medical record database and our EoE research registry, respectively. An 8-fold risk of EoE in patients with CTDs (relative risk, 8.1; 95% confidence limit, 5.1-12.9; χ(2)1 = 112.0; P < 10(-3)) was present compared with the general population. Esophageal transcript profiling identified a distinct subset of genes, including COL8A2, in patients with EoE and CTDs.Conclusion There is a remarkable association of EoE with CTDs and evidence for a differential expression of genes involved in connective tissue repair in this cohort. Thus, we propose stratification of patients with EoE and CTDs into a subset referred to as EoE-CTD.

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Abonia, J. P., Wen, T., Stucke, E. M., Grotjan, T., Griffith, M. S., Kemme, K. A., Collins, M. H., Putnam, P. E., Franciosi, J. P., von Tiehl, K. F., Tinkle, B. T., Marsolo, K. A., Martin, L. J., Ware, S. M., & Rothenberg, M. E.
Affiliations
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (US)
  • Nemours Children's Clinic (US)
Corresponding author
Rothenberg, Marc E.
Venue
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-08
Volume
132
Issue
2
Pages
378-386
ISSN
0091-6749 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1997349413
Cited by
195
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Buckeye Career Center Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (P30 DK078392, U19 AI070235, AI045898, R01AI083450)
  • Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
  • Campaign Urging Research for Eosinophilic Disease
  • First Aircraft Institute
  • Food Allergy Initiative
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
Keywords
eosinophilic esophagitis, hereditary connective tissue disorders, prevalence, COL8A2, atopy, esophageal remodeling, risk stratification
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Connective Tissue Diseases, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Esophagus, Female, Humans, Male, Marfan Syndrome, RNA, Messenger, Prevalence, Collagen Type VIII, Eosinophilic Esophagitis

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