The Immunologic Mechanisms of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

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David A. Hill
Jonathan M. Spergel
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[1] Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,Institute for Immunology
[2] The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Division of Allergy and Immunology
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Current Allergy and Asthma Reports | 2016年 / 16卷
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Eosinophilic esophagitis; Food allergy; Immunology; Inflammation;
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Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic inflammatory disease that is triggered by food and/or environmental allergens and is characterized by a clinical and pathologic phenotype of progressive esophageal dysfunction due to tissue inflammation and fibrosis. EoE is suspected in patients with painful swallowing, among other symptoms, and is diagnosed by the presence of 15 or more eosinophils per high-power field in one or more of at least four esophageal biopsy specimens. The prevalence of EoE is increasing and has now reached rates similar to those of other chronic gastrointestinal disorders such as Crohn’s disease. In recent years, our understanding of the immunologic mechanisms underlying this condition has grown considerably. Thanks to new genetic, molecular, cellular, animal, and translational studies, we can now postulate a detailed pathway by which exposure to allergens results in a complex and coordinated type 2 inflammatory cascade that, if not intervened upon, can result in pain on swallowing, esophageal strictures, and food impaction. Here, we review the most recent research in this field to synthesize and summarize our current understanding of this complex and important disease.
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