Human gastric mucosal epithelial cells display class II MHC, the expression of which is increased during Helicobacter pylori infection. These observations suggest that the gastric epithelium may participate as antigen-presenting cells (APC) during local immune responses. The increase in class II MHC expression occurs in parallel with an elevation in gastric CD4+ T cell numbers within and adjace...

Helicobacter pylori infection induces apoptosis and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in gastric epithelial cells. In this study, we investigated the effects of NF-kappaB activation and iNOS expression on apoptosis in H. pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells. The suppression of NF-kappaB significantly increased caspase-3 activity and apoptosis in H. pylori-infected MKN-45 and...

The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori activates epithelial cell signaling pathways, and its infection induces changes in the expression of several genes in infected human gastric tissues. Recent studies have indicated that the ability of H. pylori to regulate epithelial cell responses depends on the presence of an intact cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI). We investigated altered mRNA express...

noise is considered as one of the most severe sources of environmental and workplace constraints. many noise effects are well known on immune function, hormonal levels, cardiovascular and respiratory systems. in this study, our aim is to evaluate the effects of traffic noise exposure on basal and stimulated gastric pepsin secretion. 48 male rats were exposed to traffic noise (86 db) for a short...

Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection is associated with gastric inflammation and ulceration. The pathways of tissue damage in Hp-infected subjects are complex, but evidence indicates that T cell-derived cytokines enhance the synthesis of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) that contribute to mucosal ulceration and epithelial damage. In this study, we have examined the role of the T cell cytokine IL-2...

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether human gastric mucous epithelial cells express a functional Ca2+-sensing receptor (CaR). Human gastric mucous epithelial cells were isolated from surgical tissues and cultured on glass coverslips, plastic dishes, or porous membrane filters. Cell growth was assessed by the MTT assay, CaR localization was detected by immunohistochemistry an...

UNLABELLED Alcohol is known to cause damage to the gastric epithelium independently of gastric acid secretion. Different alcoholic beverages exert different damaging effects in the stomach. However, this has not been systematically evaluated. Moreover, it is not known whether the non-alcoholic components of alcoholic beverages also play a role in the pathogenesis of gastric epithelial cell dama...

radiography is one of the most valuable diagnostic tools used in comprehensive dental care. although there is no safe level of radiation exposure, the possible risk associated with exposure to radiation, must be elucidated. to date, a variety of assays have been proposed to assess the mutagenic potential of genotoxicants; however, these methods are typically laborious and time consuming. the ai...

The fine structure of human (1-4) and other mammalian (3, 5-12) gastric endocrine cells ("argyrophile," "argentaffin," "enterochromaffin," "pale," "clear," "endocrine-like") has been described . This report describes an unusual morphological and cytochernical relationship observed between human gastric endocrine cells and other types of gastric epithelial cells . The endocrine cells are frequen...

AIM To evaluate the Immunomodulatory effects of CagA expression; pepsinogen I, II & gastrin-17 on PMNs and lymphocytes Fas expression in inflammatory and gastric cells; demographic distribution of Fas molecule in gastric tissue and inflammatory cells. METHODS Gastroduodenal biopsies were taken from 80 patients for histopathology and H. pylori diagnosis. Serum samples were used for evaluation ...