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An Immunofluorescent Method for Characterization of Barrett’s Esophagus Cells
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Community assembly modeling of the microbiome within Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma

Caitlin Guccione1,2,3, Igor Sfiligoi4, Antonio Gonzalez3

  • 1Division of Biomedical Informatics, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

BMC Genomics
|February 10, 2026
PubMed
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No abstract available in PubMed .

Keywords:
Barrett’s esophagusCancer microbiomeCommunity assemblyEsophageal adenocarcinomaHelicobacter pyloriMathematical modeling

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