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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Scanning hardware
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
DISEASE(S): normal
SUBMITTER: Wayne Phillips
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-692 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lao-Sirieix P P Boussioutas A A Kadri S R SR O'Donovan M M Debiram I I Das M M Harihar L L Fitzgerald R C RC
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<h4>Background and aims</h4>Barrett's oesophagus predisposes to oesophageal adenocarcinoma but the majority of patients are undiagnosed. A novel non-endoscopic cytological screening device, called a capsule sponge, makes population-based screening for the disease a feasible option. However, due to the mixed cell population retrieved by the capsule sponge, biomarkers specific for Barrett's oesophagus are required.<h4>Methods</h4>Three publically available microarray datasets were used to identify ...[more]