This study was aimed to investigate the association of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) for pepsinogen genes with peptic ulcer disease. Eighty unrelated controls, 61 patients with gastric ulcer, and 57 patients with duodenal ulcer were studied. No genetic polymorphisms for pepsinogen A were detected by EcoRI digestion in Japanese subjects but a 100 base pairs insertion-deletion...

Tao, Chie, Masao Yamamoto, Hiroshi Mieno, Masaki Inoue, Tsutomu Masujima, and Goro Kajiyama. Pepsinogen secretion: coupling of exocytosis visualized by video microscopy and [Ca]i in single cells. Am. J. Physiol. 274 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 37): G1166–G1177, 1998.— Conventional in vitro studies of pepsinogen secretion have measured secretion into the bulk medium and have demonstrated the c...

: Pepsin is an aspartate protease that generated from its proenzyme, pepsinogen by autocatalysis initiated a fall in pH below 5. Human gastric juice contains eight isoenzymes of pepsin. The peptides released on conversion to pepsin which there are potentially five, have been shown antimicrobial activity against wide range bacteria including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus also ...

OBJECTIVE This study explored the intervention effect of the "Nutrition on the Go" strategy on the prevalence of overweight and obesity (OW+O), according to the role played by different patterns. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pattern Groups (PG) were determined based on schools' food availability and other variables at individual level: nutrition knowledge, physical activity, socioeconomic level and ...

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship of breakfast to the attention -concentration, immediate recall memory, nutritional status and academic achievement of school children. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Two schools catering to middle class families in Hyderabad city. METHODS 379 urban 11 to 13 years old school children studying in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. Data collected in a single ...

CAPD catheter malfunction is a common problem. Obstruction due to wrapping by appendices epiploicae of sigmoid colon has been rarely reported in literature. We report a case of CAPD catheter malfunction caused by catheter tip migration and obstruction by appendices epiploicae that was successfully managed by laparoscopic hanging loop technique. This case report highlights the ease with which ep...