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The histological commitment of the lower oesophageal mucosa largely depends on a complex molecular landscape. After extended inflammatory insult due to gastroesophageal reflux disease,squamous oesophageal mucosa may differentiate into columnar metaplastic mucosa. In this setting,the presence of intestinal metaplasia is considered the starting point of Barrett’s carcinogenetic cascade. Aside from secondary prevention strategies for Barrett’s mucosa(BM) patients,there are multiple endoscopic ablative therapies available for BM eradication and for the replacement of metaplastic epithelia with a neosquamous mucosa. However,BM frequently recurs in a few years,which supports the notable phenotypic plasticity of the oesophageal mucosa. In recent years,several reports pinpointed a class of small noncoding RNAs,the micro RNAs(mi RNAs),as principal effectors and regulators of oesophageal mucosa metaplastic(and neoplastic) transformation. Because of mi RNAs notable stability in fixed archival diagnostic specimens,expression profiling of mi RNAs represent an innovative diagnostic,prognostic and predictive tool in the stratification of phenotypic alterations in the oesophageal mucosa.
The histological commitment of the lower oesophageal mucosa largely depends on a complex molecular landscape. After this extended, the presence of intestinal metaplasia is considered the starting point of Barrett’s carcinogenetic cascade. Aside from secondary prevention strategies for Barrett’s mucosa (BM) patients, there are multiple endoscopic ablative therapies available for BM eradication and for the replacement of metaplastic epithelia with a neosquamous mucosa. However, BM frequently recurs in a few years, which supports the not phenotypic plasticity of the oesophageal mucosa. of recent years, several reports pinpointed a class of small noncoding RNAs, the micro RNAs (mi RNAs), as principal effectors and regulators of oesophageal mucosa metaplastic (and neoplastic) transformation. mi RNAs notable stability in fixed archival dia gnostic specimens, expression profiling of mi RNAs represent an innovative diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tool in the stratification of phenotypic alterations in the oesophageal mucosa.