• The gastric mucosa is the mucous membrane layer of the stomach, which contains the glands and the gastric pits. (wikipedia.org)
  • These are the ducts of the gastric glands, and at the bottom of each may be seen one or more minute orifices, the openings of the gland tubes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gastric glands are simple or branched tubular glands that emerge on the deeper part of the gastric foveola, inside the gastric areas and outlined by the folds of the mucosa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glandular hyperplasia is characterized by an increase in density of glands within the mucosa. (nih.gov)
  • Hyperplasia of the glandular stomach is diagnosed and graded based on the extent of the lesion and the number of cells within the gastric glands. (nih.gov)
  • Similarly, normal antral glands and small bowel epithelium were focally immunopositive for CD44H at the base of the crypts. (bmj.com)
  • Gastric pits invaginate from this surface, and gastric glands extend from the base of the pits to the muscularis mucosae. (digitalhistology.org)
  • The three regions of the stomach can be distinguished by the ratio of the length of the gastric pits to the length of the gastric glands. (digitalhistology.org)
  • Gastric glands are classified as simple, branched tubular glands and consist of a variety of cell types, depending on the region of the stomach in which they are located. (digitalhistology.org)
  • Two to seven glands empty into a single gastric pit. (digitalhistology.org)
  • Atrophic gastritis is a histopathologic entity characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa with loss of gastric glandular cells and replacement by intestinal-type epithelium, pyloric-type glands, and fibrous tissue. (medscape.com)
  • The bacteria lodge within the mucous layer of the stomach along the gastric surface epithelium and the upper portions of the gastric foveolae and rarely are present in the deeper glands (see the 3 images below). (medscape.com)
  • Involvement of the corpus, fundus, and gastric antrum, with progressive development of gastric atrophy as a result of loss of gastric glands and partial replacement of gastric glands by intestinal-type epithelium, or intestinal metaplasia (represented by the blue areas in the diagram) characterize multifocal atrophic gastritis. (medscape.com)
  • The fundus glands (or fundic glands, or gastric glands) are found in the body and fundus of the stomach. (mcw.edu)
  • Parietal cells (also known as oxyntic cells) are epithelial cells in the stomach that secrete hydrochloric acid (HCl) and intrinsic factor.These cells are located in the gastric glands found in the lining of the fundus and body regions of the stomach. (firebaseapp.com)
  • Parietal cell of stomach wall, located in the gastric glands secretes hydrochloric acid. (firebaseapp.com)
  • Atrophy of gastric glands may follow in gastritis, most often long-standing antral gastritis (sometimes referred to as type B gastritis). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Mucous gland metaplasia (pseudopyloric metaplasia) occurs in the setting of severe atrophy of the gastric glands, which are progressively replaced by mucous glands (antral mucosa), especially along the lesser curve. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The mucosa is generally a nonkeratinized stratified squamous EPITHELIUM covering muscle, bone, or glands but can show varying degree of keratinization at specific locations. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cellular metaplasia to columnar epithelium, known as Barrett esophagus , can also occur. (medscape.com)
  • It is widely accepted that chronic GERD leads to inflammation and ulceration of the esophageal squamous mucosa and that persistent and recurrent inflammation and ulceration may lead to columnar metaplasia and, ultimately, intestinal metaplasia. (jcancer.org)
  • Intestinal metaplasia of the gastric mucosa (Genta stain, 20X). (medscape.com)
  • The tumorigenesis progression of GC is involved in multiple stages and develops from normal epithelia, chronic gastritis, atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, and dysplasia to carcinoma [ 6 , 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • [1] It is also expressed in epithelium of the small intestine and large intestine for uptake and in small amounts in the bile duct, nasal mucosa, kidney, adrenal cortex, epithelium of the gastric mucosa with intestinal metaplasia, gallbladder, intercalated ducts of the pancreas, chief cells of the parathyroid and the corpus luteum of the ovary (at protein level). (wikidoc.org)
  • With complete metaplasia, gastric mucosa is completely transformed into small-bowel mucosa, both histologically and functionally, with the ability to absorb nutrients and secrete peptides. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In incomplete metaplasia, the epithelium assumes a histologic appearance closer to that of the large intestine and frequently exhibits dysplasia. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It consists of simple columnar epithelium, lamina propria, and the muscularis mucosae. (wikipedia.org)
  • In COVID-19 patients, the GI histological examination is unremarkable and may show occasional lymphoplasmacytic inflammation and edema in the esophageal mucosa and gastric lamina propria [ 8 ]. (gastrores.org)
  • The host response to the presence of H pylori is composed of a T-lymphocytic and B-lymphocytic response, followed by infiltration of the lamina propria and gastric epithelium by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) that eventually phagocytize the bacteria. (medscape.com)
  • a thick muscularis mucosae is visible. (digitalhistology.org)
  • It recommends that at least five biopsy specimens (two from the greater and lesser curvatures of the corpus, one from the incisura angularis and two from the larger and lesser curvatures of the antrum) with mucosa and muscularis mucosae represented in each biopsy be evaluated. (cmej.org.za)
  • Mononuclear cells and neutrophils infiltrate the entire mucosa to the level of the muscularis, but exudate or crypt abscesses seldom result, as might be expected by such infiltration. (msdmanuals.com)
  • AIMS: To examine CD44H and CD44v3 expression in normal gastric and small bowel mucosa, normal and Barrett oesophagus, and oesophageal epithelial malignancies (squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma). (bmj.com)
  • METHODS: Ninety five specimens, comprised of 40 of normal oesophageal, gastric and small bowel mucosa, 22 of Barrett oesophagus (two with dysplastic changes), 20 of resected adenocarcinomas, and 13 of squamous cell carcinoma, were evaluated. (bmj.com)
  • MUC2 and TFF3 were colocalised throughout the large and small bowel mucosa. (embl.de)
  • Results Fifteen of 21 (71 %) H. pylori -associated gastritis patients exhibited medium-to-large atrophic mucosa at the corpus lesser curvature. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Conclusions IEE findings of the gastric corpus differed between H. pylori -associated and autoimmune gastritis, suggesting different pathogenesis of the two diseases. (thieme-connect.com)
  • In pathological terms, gastritis is defined as inflammation of the gastric mucosa. (cmej.org.za)
  • Acute haemorrhagic gastritis is characterised by the presence of hyperaemic, oedematous mucosa, erosions/ulcers and active bleeding, and is usually seen in stress situations (e.g. severe burns), patients in ICU and after ingestion of large doses of aspirin, and other types of NSAID or large quantities of alcohol. (cmej.org.za)
  • Atrophy of the gastric mucosa is the endpoint of chronic processes, such as chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, other unidentified environmental factors, and autoimmunity directed against gastric glandular cells. (medscape.com)
  • H pylori- associated atrophic gastritis is usually a multifocal process that involves both the antrum and oxyntic mucosa of the gastric corpus and fundus, whereas autoimmune gastritis essentially is restricted to the gastric corpus and fundus. (medscape.com)
  • H pylori- associated atrophic gastritis is frequently asymptomatic, but individuals with this disease are at increased risk of developing gastric carcinoma, which may decrease following H pylori eradication. (medscape.com)
  • [ 1 ] Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis develop low gastric acid output and hypergastrinemia, which may lead to enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell hyperplasia and carcinoid tumors. (medscape.com)
  • Individuals who develop gastric carcinoma and gastric ulcers usually present with this pattern of gastritis. (medscape.com)
  • Helicobacter pylori mainly lives in the gastric mucosa epithelium and gastric gland mucus barrier, were closely related to chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. (alfa-chemistry.com)
  • Helicobacter pylori Infection Helicobacter pylori is a common gastric pathogen that causes gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and low-grade gastric lymphoma. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Some patients with gastric atrophy have autoantibodies to parietal cells, usually in association with corpus gastritis (type A gastritis) and pernicious anemia. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The supernatant was to peptic ulcer disease, gastritis and gastric excluded from the study. (who.int)
  • The mucosa of the stomach is covered by a thin surface mucus layer serving, in conjunction with bicarbonate-secreting surface epithelial cells and local prostaglandin production, as a protective barrier against autodigestion and noxious agents. (cmej.org.za)
  • Moreover silencing of miR-210 in gastric epithelial cells promoted proliferation. (biogps.org)
  • Multiple organisms (brown) are observed adhering to gastric surface epithelial cells. (medscape.com)
  • Significant damage associated with the release of bacterial and inflammatory toxic products is inflicted on the gastric epithelial cells, resulting in increasing cell loss or gastric atrophy over time. (medscape.com)
  • Upon mouth an infection of mice, the real variety NMS-P715 of Y30 and Y82 parasites in gastric epithelial cells differed widely. (healthandwellnesssource.org)
  • Mucin 1 ( MUC1 ) is a kind of cell surface mucins and is abundant in mucosal tissues, especially in normal gastric epithelial cells [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Their use is associated with a significant risk of hemorrhage, erosions, and perforation of both gastric and intestinal ulcers. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The acid is used to prevent or cure deficiency of folate which majority of gastric ulcers can be attributed to either H. is due either to a decreased supply or to an increased pylori or NSAID-induced mucosal damage3, particularly requirement. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Gastric ulcers may be present (typically at the junction of antral and corpus mucosa), but whether they are the cause or consequence of these metaplastic changes is not clear. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Scattered EpCAM expressing cells were found in the gland bases of normal gastric body mucosa. (ox.ac.uk)
  • In the gastric mucosa, the epithelium is modified to form a sheet gland. (digitalhistology.org)
  • Hyperplasia of the glandular stomach mucosa is not common in controls but may be seen in regenerative hyperplasia, such as at the margin of an ulcer or erosion. (nih.gov)
  • A stomach or gastric ulcer is a break in the tissue lining of the stomach. (vic.gov.au)
  • Coordinated localisation of mucins and trefoil peptides in the ulcer associated cell lineage and the gastrointestinal mucosa. (embl.de)
  • gastric ulcer.Relating to the stomach. (tennisportoroz.com)
  • Study the effect of Folic acid and its association with the antisecretory drug Omeprazole (Proton pump inhibitor) for their abilities to protect gastric mucosa against the indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Gastric ulcer was induced by administration of indomethacin (20 mg/kg i.p. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The peptic ulcer (gastric and duodenal) using strongest evidence for the pathogenic role endoscopic examination at the endoscopic of H. pylori in peptic ulcer disease comes unit, Basra General Hospital, Iraq, by a spe- from treatment trials. (who.int)
  • The surface of the mucous membrane is covered by a single layer of columnar epithelium. (wikipedia.org)
  • Barrett's esophagus (BE) is an acquired condition in which normal squamous epithelium is replaced with metaplastic columnar epithelium as a consequence of gastroesophageal reflux disease. (jcancer.org)
  • Barrett's esophagus (BE), also defined as columnar-lined esophagus, is a metaplastic condition in which the normal non-keratinizing squamous epithelium of the esophagus is replaced by a columnar mucosal epithelium [ 1 , 2 ]. (jcancer.org)
  • The intersection of squamous epithelium of the tubular oesophagus & columnar epithelium of stomach is termed Z line, because of jagged appearance of the interface. (medquizzes.net)
  • pendent of those associated with cretory ducts, columnar epithelia the KRAS gene is more frequent- other key mechanistic characteris- lining the gastrointestinal tract and ly mutated in human cancer, which tics of IARC Group 1 carcinogens. (who.int)
  • Yet, no association could be established between the esogastric lesions and malabsorption, weight loss, or gastric bile acid concentrations. (nature.com)
  • In this study, we sought to assess the epidemiology of GC, its clinicopathological profiles, and its association with risk factors as well as to identify premalignant gastric lesions (PGL) and examine neoplastic progression. (mdpi.com)
  • The original progression of GC is gastric mucosa lesions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This epithelium commences very abruptly at the cardiac orifice, where there is a sudden transition from the stratified epithelium of the esophagus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Persistent colonization of the gastric mucosa by Helicobacter pylori (Hp) elicits chronic inflammation and aberrant epithelial cell. (biogps.org)
  • Helicobacter pylori is the leading cause of gastric cancer in human beings. (iisc.ac.in)
  • The common medical test of gastric Helicobacter pylori is traditional Silver nitrate method, but the reagent composition and operating procedures of method are more complex, but Baso Helicobacter pylori stain is a single reagent methylene blue method, can clearly show the Helicobacter Pylori. (alfa-chemistry.com)
  • Learn / Biology / Gastric Juice Secretion. (tennisportoroz.com)
  • The gastric phase is the second phase of gastric secretion, approximately two-thirds of the gastric secretions takes place at this phase. (tennisportoroz.com)
  • About two-thirds of gastric secretion occurs during this phase. (tennisportoroz.com)
  • The inhibition of acid secretion: a single 20 mg dose reduces animals were separated randomly into ten cages of five rats gastric acid output by 90% over 24 h. (pharmapdf.com)
  • How do NSAIDs affect gastric acid secretion? (farinelliandthekingbroadway.com)
  • An important iodine concentration by sodium-iodide symporter (NIS) is present in mucinous cells of surface epithelium and gastric pits of the fundus and pyloric part of the stomach. (wikipedia.org)
  • Esophagitis (inflammation of the squamous esophageal epithelium) may result from various causes, including acid and nonacid gastroesophageal reflux ( GER ), food allergies, dysmotility due to various causes, infections, trauma, and iatrogenic causes. (medscape.com)
  • ACE2 is found in the esophageal epithelium, gastric mucosa, enterocytes and colonocytes [ 4 , 7 ]. (gastrores.org)
  • The case is unique, differing from previous reports in that ciliated respiratory epithelium, transitional epithelium, gastric mucosa, a bilayered smooth muscle wall, and a serosal surface were present in the cyst wall. (medscape.com)
  • These drugs cause a topical irritant effect on the surface of the epithelium of the gastric and duodenal mucosa. (healthuseful.com)
  • There, it is duodenal mucosa from these substances1. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Several studies have reported conflicting and inconclusive results concerning the clinical relevance of mucin expression in gastric carcinoma. (bmj.com)
  • This study investigated the correlations between aberrant expression of mucins in gastric carcinoma and patient clinicopathological features. (bmj.com)
  • The expression of MUC1, MUC2, MUC3, MUC5AC, and MUC6 was investigated immunohistochemically in gastric carcinoma (n = 46) in relation to patient clinicopathological features. (bmj.com)
  • Membrane bound mucins MUC1 and MUC3 appear to be associated with the development of gastric carcinoma. (bmj.com)
  • Expression of CD44H and CD44v3 in normal oesophagus, Barrett mucosa and oesophageal carcinoma. (bmj.com)
  • CD44v3 expression, usually not observed in normal or neoplastic gastric mucosa, was present in normal squamous epithelium and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. (bmj.com)
  • Intestinal-type epithelium with numerous goblet cells (stained blue with the Alcian blue stain) replace the gastric mucosa and represent gastric atrophy. (medscape.com)
  • Gastric mucosa cells change to resemble intestinal mucosa-with goblet cells, endocrine (enterochromaffin or enterochromaffin-like) cells, and rudimentary villi-and may even assume functional (absorptive) characteristics. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Here we examine whether A2BR is expressed at the membrane of histamine-producing enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells, the major endocrine cell type in the oxyntic mucosa, and if so, whether it has a vicinity relationship with … The enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells of the oxyntic mucosa (fundus) of the stomach produce, store and secrete histamine, chromogranin A-derived peptides such as pancreastatin, and an unanticipated but as yet unidentified peptide hormone. (firebaseapp.com)
  • This histamine is produced by and released from the enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell which accordingly has a key-regulatory role in the oxyntic mucosa. (firebaseapp.com)
  • The significance of the gastrin-ECL cell-parietal cell axis has been investigated extensively both in vivo (intact animals and gastric submucosal microdialysis) and in vitro (isolated ECL cells). (firebaseapp.com)
  • Endoscopically, the mucosa may appear normal until atrophy is advanced, when submucosal vascularity may be visible. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A model of gastric ulceration in the rat has been used to determine the expression of four messenger RNAs (mRNAs) encoding peptides considered to play active parts in the healing response. (nih.gov)
  • Ulceration was caused under anaesthesia by brief application of a liquid nitrogen-filled cryoprobe to the gastric serosal surface and RNA expression was monitored over the next 10 days. (nih.gov)
  • Also there is a role for folic acid in the attenuation of indomethacin induced gastric ulceration. (pharmapdf.com)
  • It could be concluded that the combination-treated groups afford a good gastro-protective potential against the gastric ulceration induced by indomethacin better than each drug alone. (pharmapdf.com)
  • We evaluated the influence of biliopancreatic limb (BPL) length, malabsorption, and bile acid (BA) reflux on esogastric mucosa. (nature.com)
  • Swallowed food is squeezed down the oesophagus and pushed through a sphincter (small muscle ring) into the stomach, where it is mixed with powerful gastric juices containing enzymes and hydrochloric acid. (vic.gov.au)
  • The major harmful components of refluxed gastric material are acid and bile salts. (jcancer.org)
  • The gastric mucosal barrier is the property of the stomach that allows it to safely contain the gastric acid required for digestion. (wikipedia.org)
  • If the barrier is broken, as by acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, aspirin) in acid solution, acid diffuses back into the mucosa where it can cause damage to the stomach itself. (wikipedia.org)
  • gastric analysis analysis of the stomach contents by microscopy and tests to determine the amount of hydrochloric acid present. (tennisportoroz.com)
  • The antioxidant effects of folic acid and omeprazole are involved and ameliorating the oxidative stress induced by indomethacin in the gastric mucosa. (pharmapdf.com)
  • The coating is removed in the alkaline damaging effects of gastric acid and pepsin, and the duodenum, and the prodrug, a weak base, is absorbed and defense mechanisms, which protect the gastric and transported to the parietal cell canaliculus. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Gastric acid aids digestion by creating the optimal pH for pepsin and gastric lipase and by stimulating pancreatic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • METHODS: Cases of normal oesophageal squamous mucosa (11 fresh endoscopic biopsies and 10 formalin fixed, paraffin embedded tissue blocks), BM (11 biopsies and 11 tissue blocks), and normal gastric body mucosa (five biopsies and five tissue blocks) were analysed using reverse transcriptase PCR, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry for EpCAM, and reverse transcriptase PCR for gpA33. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Importantly, DNA methylation of the miR-210 gene was increased in Hp-positive human gastric biopsies as compared to Hp-negative controls. (biogps.org)
  • proposed that H. pylori All patients received diagnostic upper to the QIAamp spin column in a 2 present in human bile samples might rep- gastrointestinal endoscopy and gastric mL collection tube were processed ac- resent a risk factor for gallstone formation biopsies were taken to confirm the cording to Qiagen protocol. (who.int)
  • RESULTS: Strong EpCAM mRNA expression was detected in all the BM cases, in contrast to weak expression in all the normal gastric mucosal samples and no expression in any of the normal oesophageal mucosal samples tested. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Immunohistochemistry showed strong EpCAM protein expression in BM and complete absence of expression in normal oesophageal squamous epithelium. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Western blotting showed EpCAM protein expression in all the BM cases and in none of the normal gastric or oesophageal mucosal samples tested. (ox.ac.uk)
  • [ 2 ] A variety of organisms in the microenvironment of the oral cavity adhere to the teeth, the gingival sulcus, the tongue, and the buccal mucosa. (medscape.com)
  • Gastropathy, on the other hand, refers to a nonspecific microscopic injury pattern of stomach mucosa, with minimal or no inflammatory cell infiltration. (cmej.org.za)
  • This insoluble mucus forms a protective gel-like coating over the entire surface of the gastric mucosa. (wikipedia.org)
  • The mucus protects the gastric mucosa from autodigestion by e.g. pepsin and from erosion by acids and other caustic materials that are ingested. (wikipedia.org)
  • Both clinical and experimental studies have shown that bile acids are noxious to the esophageal mucosa. (jcancer.org)
  • We tested the hypothesis that individual trefoil peptides are uniquely localised with specific mucins in the UACL and normal gastrointestinal epithelia. (embl.de)
  • Colocalisation of mucins and trefoil peptides was demonstrated by immunofluorescent colabelling in UACL and normal gastrointestinal epithelia. (embl.de)
  • Coordinated localisation of trefoil peptides and mucins in UACL and normal gastrointestinal epithelia suggests they may assist each others' functions in protection and repair of gastrointestinal mucosa. (embl.de)
  • [ 1 ] Duplication cysts in the mediastinum frequently contain ciliated epithelium, which is rarely found in the remainder of the gastrointestinal tract. (medscape.com)
  • In contrast, abdominal enterogenous cysts usually contain gastrointestinal epithelium and smooth muscle. (medscape.com)
  • Ingestion can cause irritation to the gastrointestinal mucosa and can be complicated by pulmonary aspiration, resulting in chemical pneumonitis. (cdc.gov)
  • A functional link between surface A2BR and adenosine deaminase (ADA) was found in parietal cells, but whether this connection is a general feature of gastric mucosa cells is unknown. (firebaseapp.com)
  • Emerging evidence has shown that MUC1 and TFF2 play crucial roles in the H. pylori -infected pathogenesis of gastric cancer (GC). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Gram stain has also proven useful to routinely diagnose H. others in the sequence of events leading to isolation of a new pylori and H. heilmanii in the gastric mucosa of patients with microorganism? (cdc.gov)
  • Stomach, Glandular stomach, Epithelium - Hyperplasia in female F344/N rat from a chronic study. (nih.gov)
  • Together, our results highlight inflammation-induced epigenetic silencing of miR-210 as a mechanism of induction of chronic gastric diseases, including cancer, during Hp infection. (biogps.org)
  • We examined the ability of microRNAs to modulate gastric cell proliferation in response to persistent Hp infection and found that epigenetic silencing of miR-210 plays a key role in gastric disease progression. (biogps.org)
  • On the contrary, BA concentrations were the highest in the residual gastric pouch of OAGB-15 rats. (nature.com)
  • The severity of mucosal damage is increased in patients who reflux both gastric and duodenal juice compared with patients who reflux gastric juice alone [ 6 ]. (jcancer.org)
  • Gastric and intestinal mucosal damage is the commonest adverse effect of NSAIDs. (pharmapdf.com)
  • Dysplasia of the gastric mucosa and its relation to the precancerous state. (nih.gov)
  • Pepsin breaks down protein molecules of … The procedure does not involve the use of an implanted device (such as gastric banding). (tennisportoroz.com)
  • CONCLUSIONS: CD44H is expressed in the proliferating areas of both normal squamous epithelium and Barrett mucosa. (bmj.com)
  • Several types of endocrine cells are found in throughout the gastric mucosa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cells in the epithelium of the stomach are bound by tight junctions that repel harsh fluids that may injure the stomach lining. (wikipedia.org)
  • Such cells exist in the crypts of the intestine, in the basal layer of the skin epithelium, in the bone marrow (hematopoietic cells). (vechnayamolodost.ru)
  • Cell renewal can occur quite intensively: for example, connective tissue cells in the pancreas are replaced every 24 hours, gastric mucosa cells - every three days, leukocytes - every 10 days, skin cells - every six weeks, approximately 70 g of proliferating small intestine cells are removed from the body daily [1]. (vechnayamolodost.ru)
  • To identify miR-210 targets in gastric cells, whole transcriptome analysis of AGS and MKN45 cells transfected with pre-miR-210 was conducted using Affymetrix GeneChip Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array. (biogps.org)
  • Enterochromaffin-like or ECL cells are a distinctive type of neuroendocrine cell in the gastric mucosa underlying the epithelium. (firebaseapp.com)
  • RESULTS: In contrast to normal oesophagus, which showed positivity for both CD44 epitopes (CD44H and CD44v3) in the basal third of the epithelium, antral and intestinal subtypes of Barrett oesophagus expressed CD44H only, the distribution being focal in non-dysplastic and diffuse in dysplastic Barrett mucosa. (bmj.com)
  • Two gastric tissue specimens were taken by the Maastricht consensus report [ 8 ] is from the antral region of the stomach of positive culture or both a positive histologic each patient during the endoscopic exami- examination and a positive rapid urease test. (who.int)
  • Mild, early changes may include irritation of the esophageal mucosa with basal cell hyperplasia and thickening of the papillae. (medscape.com)
  • Trefoil factor family 2 ( TFF2 ), a member of secreted peptides, is also expressed in gastric mucosa and triggers cell migration signaling to promote epithelial repair [ 14 , 15 ]. (biomedcentral.com)