Open AccessExpression and significance of interleukin-17 and interleukin-22 in the serum and the lower esophageal sphincter of patients with achalasia
Author(s) -
Zeyu Wang,
Jun Zhang,
Jianwei Mi,
Huihui Ma,
Dongqiang Zhao
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_562_17
Subject(s) - medicine , achalasia , interleukin , gastroenterology , pathogenesis , interleukin 6 , endocrinology , inflammation , esophagus , cytokine
: We studied the expression of interleukin-17 and interleukin-22 in the serum and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) in healthy individuals and in patients diagnosed with achalasia (AC) to gain a better understanding of the etiopathogenesis of AC.