Helicobacter and hypergastrinemia: the Quisling option.
Helicobacter infection of the gastric antrum is linked to the development of duodenal ulcer. A key element could be the associated hypergastrinemia. This brief commentary seeks answers to the following questions: 1) Does hypergastrinemia occur? 2) How does it occur? and 3) Does it matter?
Rangachari
P K
PK
Intestinal Disease Research Unit, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005744:Gastric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans
D005755:Gastrins