In vitro models of the human esophagus reveal ancestrally diverse response to injury
D. Ferrer-Torres, J. H. Wu, C. J. Zhang, M. A. Hammer, M. K. Dame, A. Wu, E. M. Holloway, K. Karpoff, C. L. McCarthy, M. S. Bohm, S. Huang, Y.-H. Tsai, S. P. Hogan, D. K. Turgeon, J. Lin, , J. R. Spence
The paper develops an in vitro model of the human esophagus to study ancestral differences in response to bile acid injury, finding significant differences between European American and African American-derived cells.
bioRxiv · May 20, 2021 · PreprintCell Biology