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Cdo Patterns The Musculature Of The Esophagus And Is Required For Esophageal Motility In Mice, Anthony I. Romera, Jagmohan Singhb, Satish Rattan, Robert S. Krauss May 2012

Cdo Patterns The Musculature Of The Esophagus And Is Required For Esophageal Motility In Mice, Anthony I. Romera, Jagmohan Singhb, Satish Rattan, Robert S. Krauss

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Introduction:

Cdo is a multifunctional cell surface co-receptor that promotes Hedgehog signaling during rostroventral midline development and cadherin-mediated signaling during skeletal myogenesis. We report here novel roles for Cdo in patterning of the murine esophageal musculature and esophageal motility disorders such as achalasia.


The Use Of Infliximab In Older Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients, Stephanie M. Moleski, Christina C. Lindenmeyer, Patricia L. Kozuch May 2012

The Use Of Infliximab In Older Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients, Stephanie M. Moleski, Christina C. Lindenmeyer, Patricia L. Kozuch

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

Limited data suggest anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibodies have equal efficacy but higher morbidity and mortality in older compared to younger inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients(1).