Senior Fellow Genentech South San Francisco, California, United States
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss the role of TGFbeta as a non-redundant regulator of squamous epithelial homeostasis
2. Describe the mechanisms by which cell-intrinsic epithelial defects can initiate and perpetuate allergic inflammation in the esophagus, manifesting as eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)
3. Discuss the immune functions of epithelium independent of its role in barrier formation
