title: Changes in the mucosal expression of interleukin 15 in Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis.
abstract: Transcripts for interleukin (IL) 15 were detected in the gastric mucosal samples of 5/5 (100%) patients with no evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection and in 4/14 (28%) H. pylori-infected patients (P< 0.05). Both IL-15 mRNA and IL-15 protein were detected in 1/6 (17%) patients who successfully underwent H. pylori eradication therapy, before treatment and in 5/6 (83%) cases after eradication. Even though a parallel significant (P < 0.03) improvement of gastritis score occurred after eradication, the severity of gastritis did not differ according to the mucosal IL-15 expression among H. pylori-infected patients, irrespective of the CagA serology. This study demonstrates, for the first time, that transcripts for IL-15 are expressed in the human gastric mucosa. Changes occurring during H. pylori colonisation and after eradication raise the hypothesis that H. pylori may down-regulate IL-15 expression in the gastric mucosa.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università di Catanzaro Magna Graecia, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luzza
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parrello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Monteleone
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sebkova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imeneo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maletta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Docimo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pallone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D019409:Interleukin-15 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D019409:Interleukin-15; D012333:RNA, Messenger