Impact of Epithelial Claudin-4 and Leukotriene B4 Receptor 2 in Normoganglionic Hirschsprung Disease Colon on Post Pull-through Enterocolitis
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Kumpei Abe, Masahiro Takeda, Asuka Ishiyama, Masahiro Shimizu, Hiroki Goto, Hisae Iida, Takashi Fujimoto, Eri Ueda-Abe, Shunsuke Yamada, Kentaro Fujiwara, Soichi Shibuya, Takanori Ochi, Rumi Arii, Yuta Yazaki, Go Miyano, Masahiko Urao, Tadaharu Okazaki, H
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To investigate whether Leukotriene B4 receptor 2 (BLT-2), an upstream regulator of tight junction protein (TJP) Claudin-4, and TJPs could be etiologic factors in Hirschsprung-associated enterocolitis (HAEC) after pull-through (PT) for Hirschsprung disease (HD).
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