The Prospective Study on the Effect of Ilaprazole in Non-erosive Reflux Disease Patients; Focused on Histologic Findings and Inflammatory Biomarker

Patients who were diagnosed clinically as NERD and were treated with ilaprazole 20mg once daily for 4 weeks. Biopsies were obtained from 3cm above the EG junction before and after treatment. GERD Q questionnaire, histologic findings (basal cell hyperplasia, papillary elongation, dilated intercellular spaces, intraepithelial eosinophils and intraepithelial T lymphocyte) and inflammatory biomarkers (TNF-α, IL-8, IL-1β, TRPV1 and MCP-1) were accessed.