Metaplasia is defined as the replacement of a fully differentiated cell type by another. There are several classical examples of metaplasia, one of the most frequent is called Barrett's esophagus.

Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Intestinal metaplasia is a condition involving cell changes in the upper digestive tract lining.Helicobacter pylori infection is the greatest risk factor for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS, AGAF, of Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego, told Healio ...

Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), which is linked to non-cardia gastric cancer, is often detected during routine endoscopy, leading to questions about how patient care should be managed. A new ...

Willet SG, Thanintorn N, McNeill H, Huh SH, Ornitz DM, Huh WJ, Hoft SG, DiPaolo RJ, Mills JC. SOX9 governs gastric mucous neck cell identity and is required for injury-induced metaplasia. Cell Mol ...

Surveillance for locally advanced esophageal and gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancers: Patterns of recurrence and methods of detection. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ...

Study design: A prospective, immunohistochemical study of bladder biopsies taken from spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Objectives: To investigate whether cytokeratin 14 immunostaining may be useful ...

Scientists have decoded critical genetic factors in intestinal metaplasia patients, shedding light on early signs and prevention strategies for stomach cancer -- often a 'ticking time bomb' as ...

In patients with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) symptoms undergoing screening upper endoscopy, adjunctive use of wide-area transepithelial sampling with 3D computer-assisted analysis (WATS-3D) ...