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Anisa Shaker
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American Gastroenterology Association: Women's Leadership Conference, 2015
Association of American Medical Colleges: Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar, 2011
Esophageal remodeling in eosinophilic esophagitis Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2024 Jul 01; 40(4):291-298. . View in PubMed
Differential Contributions of Fibroblast Subpopulations to Intercellular Communication in Eosinophilic Esophagitis Biology (Basel). 2024 Jun 21; 13(7). . View in PubMed
The Travels of Signet-Ring Cell Carcinoma: From Colon to Stomach and Duodenum ACG Case Rep J. 2023 Dec; 10(12):e01239. . View in PubMed
Direct and indirect effects of alcohol and its toxic metabolite acetaldehyde on human esophageal myofibroblasts and epithelial cells Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2023 Jul; 47(7):1297-1311. . View in PubMed
Inflammatory and Proliferative Pathway Activation in Human Esophageal Myofibroblasts Treated with Acidic Bile Salts Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 08; 23(18). . View in PubMed
Pattern of methane levels with lactulose breath testing; can we shorten the test duration? JGH Open. 2021 Jul; 5(7):809-812.. View in PubMed
Gender-Specific Risk Factors for Reflux Esophagitis in a Predominantly Hispanic Population of a Large Safety-Net Hospital Dig Dis Sci. 2021 06; 66(6):1940-1948. . View in PubMed
Is Avoiding Stem Cell Exhaustion the New Therapeutic Approach in Colitis? Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021; 11(4):1204-1206.. View in PubMed
Human esophageal myofibroblasts increase squamous epithelial thickness via paracrine mechanisms in an in vitro model of gastroesophageal reflux disease PLoS One. 2020; 15(9):e0238852. . View in PubMed
Human esophageal myofibroblast secretion of bone morphogenetic proteins and GREMLIN1 and paracrine regulation of squamous epithelial growth Sci Rep. 2018 08 17; 8(1):12354. . View in PubMed
Provocative testing of the esophagus and its future Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 09; 1380(1):33-47. . View in PubMed
Generation and Characterization of an Immortalized Human Esophageal Myofibroblast Line PLoS One. 2016; 11(4):e0153185. . View in PubMed
Human esophageal myofibroblasts secrete proinflammatory cytokines in response to acid and Toll-like receptor 4 ligands Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2015 Jun 01; 308(11):G904-23. . View in PubMed
Isolation of myofibroblasts from mouse and human esophagus J Vis Exp. 2015 Jan 18; (95):52215. . View in PubMed
Epimorphin(-/-) mice are protected, in part, from acute colitis via decreased interleukin 6 signaling Transl Res. 2014 Jul; 164(1):70-83. . View in PubMed
Multiple rapid swallow responses during esophageal high-resolution manometry reflect esophageal body peristaltic reserve Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Nov; 108(11):1706-12. . View in PubMed
Epimorphin deletion inhibits polyposis in the Apcmin/+ mouse model of colon carcinogenesis via decreased myofibroblast HGF secretion Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2013 Oct 15; 305(8):G564-72. . View in PubMed
Stromal cells participate in the murine esophageal mucosal injury response Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2013 Apr 01; 304(7):G662-72. . View in PubMed
The value of multiple rapid swallows during preoperative esophageal manometry before laparoscopic antireflux surgery Surg Endosc. 2012 Dec; 26(12):3401-7. . View in PubMed
Modeling colitis-associated cancer with azoxymethane (AOM) and dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) J Vis Exp. 2012 Sep 11; (67). . View in PubMed
Stem cells: One step closer to gut repair Nature. 2012 May 09; 485(7397):181-2. . View in PubMed
Chronic intestinal inflammation: inflammatory bowel disease and colitis-associated colon cancer Front Immunol. 2012; 3:107. . View in PubMed
Intestinal stem cells and epithelial-mesenchymal interactions in the crypt and stem cell niche Transl Res. 2010 Sep; 156(3):180-7. . View in PubMed
Epimorphin deletion protects mice from inflammation-induced colon carcinogenesis and alters stem cell niche myofibroblast secretion J Clin Invest. 2010 Jun; 120(6):2081-93. . View in PubMed
Miriam Hospital morbidity and mortality conference, a case of chronic headaches Med Health R I. 2004 Sep; 87(9):280-3. . View in PubMed
Dr. Shaker earned her medical degree from Medical College of Wisconsin. She then performed her internship and residency at Brown University- Rhode Island Hospital, followed by a Gastroenterology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine- Barnes Jewish Hospital.
Lab site: https://sites.usc.edu/shakerlab/