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Expression of beta-catenin, alpha-catenin, and E-cadherin in Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinomasK Washington
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 2561, USA
Mod Pathol 11:805-13. 1998....
Histopathology of ulcerative colitis in initial rectal biopsy in childrenKay Washington
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 26:1441-9. 2002..This difference may be related to a shorter duration of symptoms before biopsy...
Interactions of the p53 protein family in cellular stress response in gastrointestinal tumorsAnna E Vilgelm
Department of Surgery and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Mol Cancer Ther 9:693-705. 2010....
Distinguishing Ménétrier's disease from its mimicsAmy Rich
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Gut 59:1617-24. 2010..It is considered a clinical diagnosis that may at times be difficult to establish. Firm diagnostic criteria for MD are proposed by delineating the clinicopathological features that best differentiate MD from its mimics...
Regulation of p53 tumor suppressor by Helicobacter pylori in gastric epithelial cellsJinxiong Wei
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Gastroenterology 139:1333-43. 2010..These bacteria colonize a significant part of the world's population. We investigated the molecular mechanisms of p53 regulation in H pylori-infected cells...
Dopamine and cAMP regulated phosphoprotein MW 32 kDa is overexpressed in early stages of gastric tumorigenesisKaushik Mukherjee
Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Surgery 148:354-63. 2010..Gastric adenocarcinoma is a leading cause of cancer mortality. The role of dopamine and cAMP regulated phosphoprotein MW 32 kDa (DARPP-32) overexpression in the gastric tumorigenesis cascade remains unclear...
Proteomic profiling of mucosal and submucosal colonic tissues yields protein signatures that differentiate the inflammatory colitidesAmosy E M'Koma
Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208 3599, USA
Inflamm Bowel Dis 17:875-83. 2011..As a pilot study, we evaluated the ability of histology-directed MALDI-MS to determine the proteomic patterns for potential differences between CC and UC specimens...
Regulation of gastric B cell recruitment is dependent on IL-17 receptor A signaling in a model of chronic bacterial infectionHolly M Scott Algood
Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
J Immunol 183:5837-46. 2009..In contrast to many chronic inflammatory diseases in which IL-17RA signaling promotes an inflammatory response, IL-17RA signaling down-regulates the chronic mononuclear inflammation elicited by H. pylori infection...
Claudin-1 up-regulates the repressor ZEB-1 to inhibit E-cadherin expression in colon cancer cellsAmar B Singh
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Gastroenterology 141:2140-53. 2011..Up-regulation of claudin-1 reduces expression of E-cadherin. We investigated the mechanisms by which claudin-1 regulates E-cadherin expression and its effects in colon cancer cells...
Autoimmune liver disease: overlap and outliersMary K Washington
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
Mod Pathol 20:S15-30. 2007..Sequential syndromes with transition from one form of autoimmune liver disease to another are rare...
Adult pancreatic acinar cells give rise to ducts but not endocrine cells in response to growth factor signalingStacy A Blaine
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 0443, USA
Development 137:2289-96. 2010..We conclude that apparent pancreatic plasticity can result both from the ability of acinar cells to change fate and of endocrine cells to reorganize in association with duct structures...
Lymphovascular invasion in colorectal cancer: an interobserver variability studyElizabeth I Harris
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 32:1816-21. 2008..This study was undertaken to examine such interobserver variability, and we hypothesized that the use of immunohistochemical markers for vascular and lymphatic channels could improve interobserver agreement...
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaJustin M M Cates
Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Pancreas 38:e1-6. 2009..Selected EMT markers were studied in a series of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAs) and benign pancreatic tissues to determine whether expression levels correlated with diagnosis, histologic grade, or patient outcome...
The pan-ErbB negative regulator Lrig1 is an intestinal stem cell marker that functions as a tumor suppressorAnne E Powell
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Cell 149:146-58. 2012....
Efficacy of cetuximab in the treatment of Menetrier's diseaseWilliam H Fiske
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Sci Transl Med 1:8ra18. 2009..Cetuximab should be considered as first-line therapy for Ménétrier's disease...
Interaction of Helicobacter pylori with gastric epithelial cells is mediated by the p53 protein familyJinxiong Wei
Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Gastroenterology 134:1412-23. 2008..Accumulating evidence suggests that both p73 and p63 play important roles in regulation of apoptosis, cell differentiation, and therapeutic drug sensitivity...
MTGR1 is required for tumorigenesis in the murine AOM/DSS colitis-associated carcinoma modelCaitlyn W Barrett
Department of Medicine Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Cancer Res 71:1302-12. 2011..This represents the first report functionally linking MTGR1 to intestinal tumorigenesis...
Evolution of the restorative proctocolectomy and its effects on gastrointestinal hormonesAmosy E M'Koma
Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 2765, USA
Int J Colorectal Dis 22:1143-63. 2007..In this review, we summarize the evolution of the RPC and its effects on the GI hormones as well as their possible clinical implications...
TACE/ADAM-17: a component of the epidermal growth factor receptor axis and a promising therapeutic target in colorectal cancerNipun B Merchant
Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 8355, USA
Clin Cancer Res 14:1182-91. 2008..TACE/ADAM-17 (tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme/a disintegrin and metalloprotease) has been implicated in ectodomain cleavage of TGF-alpha and amphiregulin...
Development of a mechanical testing assay for fibrotic murine liverStephanie L Barnes
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
Med Phys 34:4439-50. 2007..In addition, future work will add the correlative method of elastography such that direct controlled validation of measurement on tissue can be determined...
Protective roles of alpha-calcitonin and beta-calcitonin gene-related peptide in spontaneous and experimentally induced colitisBrent J Thompson
Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 8548, USA
Dig Dis Sci 53:229-41. 2008..These data demonstrate that both alphaCGRP and betaCGRP play a protective role in the generation of spontaneous colitis, supporting a role for both extrinsic and intrinsic CGRP-containing neurons...
Activation of beta-catenin by carcinogenic Helicobacter pyloriAime T Franco
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2279, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:10646-51. 2005..cag- strains or uninfected persons. These results indicate that H. pylori-induced dysregulation of beta-catenin-dependent pathways may explain in part the augmentation in the risk of gastric cancer conferred by this pathogen...
Resection of mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease causing ischemic colitisPhilip Bao
Department of General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 9:812-7. 2005..This report substantiates resolution of the inflammatory process after resection, colostomy, and reanastomosis. We review the literature and make conclusions regarding the clinical management of this disease...
