Table 4

Microarray Experiment Patient Clinical Details

Patients

Sex

Age

Duodenal histology

Other histology, clinical information

Antibody status

Microarray number


Coeliac

1

Female

61

Grade 3a

none

tTG +

1

2

Female

45

Grade 3b

Barrett's oesophagus

tTG +

2

3

Female

22

Grade 1

none

tTG +

3

4

Female

31

Grade 3c

none

tTG +

4

5

Female

36

Grade 3c

mild reflux oesophagitis

tTG +

5


Control

6

Female

58

NDM

mild reflux oesophagitis

nk

1

7

Female

51

NDM

moderate reflux oesophagitis

tTG -

2

8

Female

25

NDM

none

nk

3

9

Female

30

NDM

superficial acute and chronic gastric inflammation

nk

4

10

Female

26

NDM

mild reflux oesophagitis

tTG -

5


Histology grade: 0 = normal; 1 = raised intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs); 2 = increase in IELs with crypt hyperplasia; 3a = increase in IELs, crypt hyperplasia, mild villous atrophy; 3b = increase in IELs, crypt hyperplasia, marked villous atrophy; 3c = total villous atrophy [37]. NDM = normal duodenal mucosa. tTG, tissue transglutaminase antibody. nk, not known.

Bracken et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:377   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-377

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