Recent Progress in the Research of Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Gastroenteritis

• Published in: Digestion Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 7 - 12
• Main Authors: Kinoshita, Yoshikazu, Ishimura, Norihisa, Oshima, Naoki, Mikami, Hironobu, Okimoto, Eiko, Jiao, Di Jin, Ishihara, Shunji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Chemokine CCL26; Chemokines, CC - immunology; Enteritis - drug therapy; Enteritis - epidemiology; Enteritis - immunology; Eosinophilia - drug therapy; Eosinophilia - epidemiology; Eosinophilia - immunology; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - drug therapy; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - epidemiology; Eosinophilic Esophagitis - immunology; Food Hypersensitivity - drug therapy; Food Hypersensitivity - immunology; Gastritis - drug therapy; Gastritis - epidemiology; Gastritis - immunology; Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use; Helicobacter Infections - epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Humans; Interleukin-13 - immunology; Interleukin-15 - immunology; Interleukin-5 - immunology; Proton Pump Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Review; Th2 Cells - immunology; Food allergy; Eosinophile; Dysphagia; Helicobacter pylori; Eotaxin

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and gastroenteritis are allergic gastrointestinal diseases mainly caused by food allergens. The number of patients with EoE is rapidly increasing in both Western and Asian countries. Basic knowledge of these diseases has mainly come from studies of EoE and Th2 type all...