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Production of high level of reactive oxygen species in Barrett’s metaplasia tissue.
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posted on 2012-05-22, 01:35 authored by Soong Lee, Moon-Jong Han, Ki-Sang Lee, Seung-Chul Back, David Hwang, Hwan-Young Kim, Jong-Hee Shin, Soon-Pal Suh, Dong-Wook Ryang, Hye-Ran Kim, Myung-Geun ShinQuantitative determination of reactive oxygen species (hydrogen peroxide) from supernatants of Barrett’s metaplasia tissue (BT) and adjacent normal mucosal tissue (NT) was measured by commercial kit (Bioxytech H2O2-560). The level of hydrogen peroxide was significantly elevated in supernatants from BT compared with those from adjacent NT (P = 0.017).