Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, regulated by β-catenin and Twist, leads to esophageal wall remodeling in pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis

• Elizabeth Garcia ,

  Roles Methodology

  ¶‡ EG, ZL and TL are equally contributing first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Zeenat Ladak ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ EG, ZL and TL are equally contributing first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Takaaki Landry ,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ EG, ZL and TL are equally contributing first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Michael Wollin,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Amit R. L. Persad,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Consolato M. Sergi,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-7879

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• Hien Q. Huynh,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Rabindranath Persad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Sujata Persad

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sujata.persad@med.ualberta.ca

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6781-0409

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