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DISEASES OF THE ESOPHAGUS
Volume 29, Issue 7, Pages 864-871Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1111/dote.12383
Keywords
esophageal innervation; gene knockout; JAM-C; megaesophagus
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31171393, 81370196]
- NSFC [81200067, 81100091]
- Research Fund of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [14140903600]
- Young Medical Talents Training Program of Pudong Health Bureau of Shanghai, China [PWRq2011-02]
- Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, China [20134Y33]
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Megaesophagus is a disease where peristalsis fails to occur properly and esophagus is enlarged. The etiology and mechanism of megaesophagus are not well understood. In this study, we reported that junctional adhesion molecule C (JAM-C) knockout mice on a C57/B6 background developed progressive megaesophagus from embryonic day (E) 15.5 onward with complete penetrance. JAM-C knockout mice exhibited a significant reduction in the number of nerve fibers/ganglia in the wall of the esophagus. However, histological analysis revealed that the esophageal wall thickness and structure of JAM-C knockout mice at embryonic stages and young adult were comparable to that of control littermates. Thus, megaesophagus observed in JAM-C knockout mice could be attributed, at least in part, to impaired esophageal innervations. Our data suggest JAM-C as a potential candidate gene for human megaesophagus, and JAM-C knockout mice might serve as a model for the study of human megaesophagus.
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