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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2007

Characterization of esophageal submucosal glands in pig tissue and cultures.

Solange Abdulnour-Nakhoul, Nazih L Nakhoul, Scott A Wheeler, Salima Haque, Paul Wang, Karen Brown, Geraldine Orlando, Roy C Orlando

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Ussing Chamber Methods to Study the Esophageal Epithelial Barrier.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
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  10. Large Animal Models: The Key to Translational Discovery in Digestive Disease Research.Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology · 2016
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  15. Review: Experimental models for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2012
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  16. Ion transport mechanisms linked to bicarbonate secretion in the esophageal submucosal glands.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2011
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Solange Abdulnour-NakhoulDepartment of Medicine, SL 45, 1430 Tulane Avenue, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. solange@tulane.edu
Nazih L Nakhoul
Scott A Wheeler
Salima Haque
Paul Wang
Karen Brown
Geraldine Orlando
Roy C Orlando
Tulane University · USSoutheast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System · US

Funding

BLRD VA I01 BX001513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The submucosal glands (SMGs) of the pig esophagus, like the human, secrete mucin and bicarbonate, which help in luminal acid clearance and epithelial protection. The aim of this study was to characterize histochemically the esophageal SMGs and a primary culture obtained from these glands. Tissues and cultures were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, periodic acid Schiff, Alcian blue, lectins, or cytokeratins. In the perfused esophagus, addition of carbachol increased mucin secretion by approximately 2-fold. The results indicate that [1] a method for culturing SMG cells was developed; [2] conventional staining indicates the presence of sulfated, acidic, and neutral mucopolysaccharides in glands and cultures; [3] lectin binding indicates the presence of N-acetyl glucosamine, N-acetyl neuraminic acid, N-acetyl galactosamine, and alpha-L: -fucose in mucous cells and cultures; [4] cytokeratin and lectin staining indicated similarities with Barrett epithelium (columnar metaplasia of the esophagus); and [5] cholinergic agonists enhance mucin secretion and this could play a significant role in esophageal protection.

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AnimalsBarrett EsophagusBicarbonatesBiomarkersCells, CulturedCholinergic AgonistsEsophagusFluorescent Antibody TechniqueImmunoenzyme TechniquesIntestinal MucosaKeratinsLectinsMucinsMuramidaseSwineBicarbonatesBiomarkersCholinergic AgonistsKeratinsLectinsMucinsMuramidase

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PMID17394068
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