Effect of Helicobacter pylori colonization on quantitative distribution of antral G-cells in apparently healthy subjects and in duodenal ulcer patients. A morphometric study.
To investigate whether antral colonization by Helicobacter pylori (Hp) modifies gastrin-cell population, the number of G-cells was evaluated in antral biopsy specimens from 22 apparently healthy subjects and from 48 duodenal ulcer patients using a morphometric method. The level of serum immunoreactive gastrin in a sample of fasting serum obtained at the time of biopsy was also measured. In healthy subjects the G-cell count (evaluated according to G/I index) and the serum gastrin levels were not significantly different than those found in duodenal ulcer patients. When the antral colonization by Hp was assessed, we found that, both controls and duodenal ulcer Hp-positive patients had a mean G-cell count and fasting serum gastrin levels not significantly higher than in patients without Hp.
Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università di Cagliari, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002452:Cell Count; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005755:Gastrins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D005756:Gastritis / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011706:Pyloric Antrum
D005755:Gastrins