Effect of H. pylori on COX-2 expression in gastric remnant after distal gastrectomy |
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Authors: | Fukuhara Kenichiro Osugi Harushi Takada Nobuyasu Takemura Masashi Lee Shigeru Morimura Keiichiro Taguchi Shinichi Kaneko Masahiro Tanaka Yoshinori Fujiwara Yushi Nishizawa Satoshi Fukushima Shoji Kinoshita Hiroaki |
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Affiliation: | Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. fuku@eva.hi-ho.ne.jp |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND/AIMS: Helicobacter pylori infection is known to induce gastritis, oxidative stress, and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression in the gastric mucosa. However, the effect of H. pylori infection on remnant gastritis has not been studied. We investigated whether the severity of remnant gastritis and COX-2 expression were affected by H. pylori infection after distal gastrectomy. METHODOLOGY: The study included 97 patients with gastric cancer who underwent curative distal gastrectomy with lymphadenectomy in our department between May 1999 and April 2001. All patients underwent endoscopic examination 2 weeks before and 12 weeks after surgery. The presence of H. pylori infection was determined by urease activity, hematoxylin-eosin staining, and immunochemical staining. Histologic remnant gastritis was graded based on the degree of neutrophil infiltration using the updated Sydney System. COX-2 expression was estimated immunohistochemically. RESULTS: Both the degree of neutrophil infiltration and the level of COX-2 expression were significantly higher in patients with than without H. pylori (p<0.05). There was a significant correlation between the degree of neutrophil infiltration and the degree of COX-2 expression (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: H. pylori eradication may become a treatment for preventing both remnant gastritis as well as remnant gastric carcinoma after distal gastrectomy. |
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