Alain J Benitez
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Benitez A, Tanes C, Friedman E, Zackular J, Ford E, Gerber J, et al.
Microbiome
. 2025 Jan;
13(1):21.
PMID: 39856742
Background: The evolving infant gut microbiome influences host immune development and later health outcomes. Early antibiotic exposure could impact microbiome development and contribute to poor outcomes. Here, we use a...
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Lynch K, Benitez A, Godwin B, Klein J, Savant D, Wilkins B, et al.
Clin Transl Gastroenterol
. 2023 Jan;
14(4):e00564.
PMID: 36603149
Introduction: Inflammation in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) often leads to esophageal strictures. Evaluating esophageal narrowing is clinically challenging. We evaluated esophageal distensibility as related to disease activity, fibrosis, and dysphagia. Methods:...
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Benitez A, McGar A, Kohser K, Gibbons T, Muir A, Mascarenhas M, et al.
J Child Health Care
. 2022 Jan;
27(3):374-385.
PMID: 34978212
Children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) are faced with ongoing treatments that can impact their wellbeing. There are no evidence-based resources that families can implement independently to cope with EoE-related stressors....
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Beveridge C, Triggs J, Thanawala S, Ahuja N, Falk G, Benitez A, et al.
Dis Esophagus
. 2021 Dec;
35(4).
PMID: 34864928
Background: Esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction (EGJOO) has a variable disease course. Currently, barium swallow (BaS) and manometric parameters are used to characterize clinically significant EGJOO. The esophagogastric junction distensibility index...
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Benitez A, Budhu S, Burger C, Turco R, Ballester L, Shah A, et al.
Neurogastroenterol Motil
. 2021 Apr;
33(12):e14133.
PMID: 33871917
Background: Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder characterized by esophagogastric junction (EGJ) dysfunction and impaired esophageal peristalsis with significant impact on quality of life. While the functional luminal imaging probe...
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Benitez A, Tanes C, Mattei L, Hofstaedter C, Kim D, Gross J, et al.
Allergy
. 2020 Sep;
76(5):1549-1552.
PMID: 32990947
No abstract available.
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Kasagi Y, Dods K, Wang J, Chandramouleeswaran P, Benitez A, Gambanga F, et al.
J Allergy Clin Immunol
. 2018 Dec;
144(1):171-182.
PMID: 30578874
Background: Fibrosis and stricture are major comorbidities in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Lysyl oxidase (LOX), a collagen cross-linking enzyme, has not been investigated in the context of EoE. Objective:...
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Kasagi Y, Chandramouleeswaran P, Whelan K, Tanaka K, Giroux V, Sharma M, et al.
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol
. 2018 Mar;
5(3):333-352.
PMID: 29552622
Background & Aims: Aberrations in the esophageal proliferation-differentiation gradient are histologic hallmarks in eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and gastroesophageal reflux disease. A reliable protocol to grow 3-dimensional (3D) esophageal organoids is...
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Fahey L, Chandramouleeswaran P, Guan S, Benitez A, Furuta G, Aceves S, et al.
Clin Transl Gastroenterol
. 2018 Mar;
9(3):139.
PMID: 29511165
Objectives: TSLP has been shown to be associated with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Specifically, children with EoE often have the nucleotides AA or AG instead of GG at the single nucleotide...