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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : Hypoxia is a cause of gastric mucosal damage induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) reflects the status of tissue ischaemia.Aim : To investigate the effect of NSAID administration on the expression of HIF-1α in human gastric mucosa.Methods : We employed 71 patients including 14 with NSAID administration. The HIF-1α expression was estimated by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibody (H1α67) and raised antiserum (HI-3). Vascular endothelial growth factor expression was also examined by immunohistochemistry. HI-3 recognized hypoxia-induced protein in HeLa cells.Results : In human gastric mucosa, HIF-1α was mainly expressed in the nuclei of the surface epithelial cells and in the neck zone both by use of HI-3 and of H1α67. The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor correlated well with that of HIF-1α. The level of HIF-1α in the surface epithelium was significantly higher in patients with administration of NSAIDs than those without NSAID use (P 〈 0.001) both in the gastric corpus and antrum. Helicobacter pylori infection did not affected the levels of HIF-1α. Long-term administration of rebamipide reduced the level of HIF-1α.Conclusion : HIF-1α expression is a new biological marker of ischaemia especially in NSAID-related gastric lesions.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background and aims : High levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine in Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa may contribute to development of gastric cancer. We investigated the relation between expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and proinflammatory cytokines in gastric mucosa and serum markers of gastritis.Methods : The study included 103 patients with H. pylori infection. We examined levels of interleukin-1β, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and evaluated expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine by immunohistochemical staining. Furthermore, we assessed serum levels of pepsinogens, gastrin, anti-parietal cell antibody, nitrite and nitrate, as markers of gastritis.Results : Thirty-seven of 103 (35.6%) gastric mucosa specimens showed simultaneous expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and nitrotyrosine. In these patients (inducible nitric oxide synthase-positive group), the serum level of gastrin was significantly higher than that of the inducible nitric oxide synthase-negative group (509.5 ± 141.5 pg/mL vs. 210.0 ± 227.2 pg/mL; P 〈 0.01), whereas there were no significant differences in serum levels of pepsinogen, anti-parietal cell antibody, and nitrate and nitrite or in scores of histological gastritis. Inteleukin-6 levels were significantly higher in the inducible nitric oxide synthase-positive group than in the inducible nitric oxide synthase-negative group (25.9 ± 7.0 pg/mg protein vs. 10.6 ± 4.9 pg/mg protein; P 〈 0.05).Conclusions : Inducible nitric oxide synthase-producing gastritis was correlated with high levels of interleukin-6. Patients with hypergastrinaemia should be carefully followed on a long-term basis to ensure that the development of any malignancy is detected early.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : It is controversial as to whether the development of gastric cancer is influenced by Helicobacter pylori eradication. If eradication itself influences the tumour morphology, this may affect the tumour discovery rate.Aim : To investigate the morphological changes in the gastric neoplasm after H. pylori eradication.Methods : We studied 37 patients with eradication therapy. After a 1-month follow-up, endoscopic re-evaluation was performed and the appearance was compared with first image. All lesions were resected endoscopically, and were subjected to histological assessment and to immunohistochemistry. Serum gastrin levels were determined before and after eradication.Results : Twenty-nine of 37 patients underwent successful eradication. The appearance of 11 lesions (33% of 33 lesions) became indistinct after successful eradication. All lesions were of the superficial-elevated type and the height of the lesions decreased. We detected normal columnar epithelium over the neoplasm in eight of the lesions. Higher expression of single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid in the deep area was characteristic in tumours with an indistinct appearance. These changes did not correlate with the serum gastrin levels.Conclusions : The morphology of the gastric neoplasm change after eradication in the short-term. This may contribute to the decreased tumour discovery rate.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Aim:  We investigated the effect of acid suppression therapy on recurrent bleeding after successful endoscopic treatment of bleeding peptic ulcer.Methods:  A total of 400 patients with bleeding peptic ulcer received either intravenous infusion of famotidine (40 mg/day) (n = 207, 163 males, 44 females, mean age 61.5 years) or drip infusion of omeprazole (40 mg/day; n = 193, 134 males, 59 females, mean age 59.8 years) after successful endoscopic treatment. The fasting duration, hospital stay, volume of transfused blood, incidence of rebleeding and mortality were compared between the two groups.Results:  The incidence of rebleeding did not differ significantly between the famotidine group (9%) and the omeprazole group (8%). The mean hospital stay was significantly shorter in the omeprazole group (18.4 days) than in the famotidine group (21.5 days, P = 0.009). However, there was no statistically significant difference in fasting duration, volume of transfused blood or mortality.Conclusion:  Our findings indicate that intravenous infusion of famotidine after successful endoscopic treatment is equivalent to drip infusion of omeprazole for prevention of recurrent bleeding.
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  • 5
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 21 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : Recent studies showed that acid-suppressive therapy aggravates corpus gastritis in patients with Helicobacter pylori infection.Aim : The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of famotidine, a histamine receptor antagonist on corpus gastritis in patients with peptic ulcer disease.Methods : We enrolled 287 patients, 173 with duodenal ulcer and 114 with gastric ulcer and 100 patients with H. pylori-positive gastritis as control subjects. Patients with peptic ulcer were classified according to whether or not they received famotidine-maintenance therapy (20 mg/day) after primary treatment. At the time of endoscopy, biopsy specimens were obtained from the antrum and the corpus. The degrees of neutrophil and lymphocyte infiltration, atrophy and intestinal metaplasia were scored according to the updated Sydney System.Results : The degrees of neutrophil infiltration and atrophy in the corpus were significantly less in patients with gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer than in patients with H. pylori-positive gastritis (P 〈 0.01). Differences in the degrees of neutrophil infiltration and atrophy in the corpus between the non-maintenance group and the maintenance group were not significant.Conclusion : Long-term therapy with famotidine does not appear to lead to an increase in the incidence of corpus gastritis or corpus atrophy in patients with peptic ulcer disease.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background : Eradication of Helicobacter pylori is expected to prevent the development of gastric cancer. However, gastric cancer is sometimes discovered after successful eradication of H. pylori.Aim : To conduct a prospective study to determine the clinical features of patients who underwent successful eradication and were later diagnosed with gastric cancer.Methods : A total of 1787 patients (1299 males and 488 females; mean age, 58.2 years; range: 15–84) who underwent successful eradication therapy between April 1994 and March 2001 were our study subjects.Results : Gastric cancer occurred at a rate of 1.1% (20 of 1787) during the follow-up period. Gastric cancer comprises six of 105 (5.7%) with early gastric cancer after endoscopic resection, 12 of 575 (2.1%) with gastric ulcer and two of 453 (0.4%) with atrophic gastritis. Gastric cancer did not develop in any patient with duodenal ulcer. All patients with gastric cancer had baseline severe atrophic gastritis in the corpus.Conclusion : Careful endoscopic examination is necessary even after successful eradication of H. pylori in patients with early gastric cancer or gastric ulcer with severe mucosal atrophy in the corpus.
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  • 7
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 17 (2003), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background:  Development of reflux oesophagitis after Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy has been reported, but the prognosis is not well known.Aim:  To evaluate the prognosis of patients with reflux oesophagitis that developed after eradication therapy by long-term observation.Methods:  Forty-five patients who developed reflux oesophagitis after successful H. pylori eradication therapy were followed up prospectively. All 45 patients were followed up by endoscopy more than 3 years after onset of reflux oesophagitis (3-year follow-up group) and nine were followed up more than 5 years after onset (5-year follow-up group). Endoscopic observations were performed yearly or when upper gastrointestinal symptoms recurred. Reflux oesophagitis was graded according to the Los Angeles Classification System. Presence of gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms and medication of proton pump inhibitors, H2-blockers or prokinetics were investigated at final endoscopy.Results:  All patients were classified as grade A or B at initial endoscopy. At final observation, the grade of reflux oesophagitis improved in 35/45 (78.8%) patients from the 3-year follow-up group and 7/9 (78.8%) patients from the 5-year follow-up group. Reflux oesophagitis progressed from grade A to B in only four (8.9%) patients from the 3-year follow-up group and in no patients in the 5-year follow-up group. No patient progressed to grade C or D. Gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms were seen in 12 patients (26.7%) from the 3-year follow-up group and four patients (44.4%) from the 5-year follow-up group. Among them, medication was needed continuously in only six (13.3%) and two (22.2%) patients, respectively.Conclusions:  Reflux oesophagitis, which develops after H. pylori eradication therapy, rarely becomes a long-term clinical problem among patients who complete therapy successfully.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1365-2036
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Aim : To investigate the effect of the eradication of Helicobacter pylori on histological gastritis.Methods : Twenty-six patients with moderate to severe atrophy received successful eradication therapy of H.pylori. Four patients dropped out and 22 were followed up prospectively for 5 years. The grades of gastritis were estimated from gastric biopsy specimens. The grade of intestinal metaplasia was also evaluated by dye-endoscopy using methylene blue (methylthioninium chloride). The serum levels of pepsinogen, gastrin and anti-parietal cell antibody were also determined.Results : The grades of atrophy decreased in patients with successful eradication therapy in the gastric corpus (before vs. 5 years after eradication, 2.09 ± 0.15 vs. 0.91 ± 0.17; P 〈 0.01) and in the antrum (2.14 ± 0.17 vs. 1.36 ± 0.17; P 〈 0.01). The levels of intestinal metaplasia were also decreased in the corpus (0.91 ± 0.24 vs. 0.50 ± 0.16; P 〈 0.05) and in the antrum (1.41 ± 0.20 vs. 1.00 ± 0.16; P 〈 0.05), which was also demonstrated by the methylene blue (methylthioninium chloride) staining method (33.4 ± 8.2% vs. 23.0 ± 6.5%; P 〈 0.05). The improvement of corpus atrophy correlated well with the high serum level of pepsinogen I (P = 0.005), but showed no correlation with the levels of anti-parietal cell antibody.Conclusions : These results suggest that gastric atrophy and intestinal metaplasia are reversible events in some patients.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0039-9140
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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  • 10
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    Amsterdam : Elsevier
    Analytica Chimica Acta 248 (1991), S. 511-515 
    ISSN: 0003-2670
    Keywords: Copper ; Extraction
    Source: Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
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