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Copyright ©2007 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2007; 13(34): 4610-4614
Published online Sep 14, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i34.4610
Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients enrolled in the study. Updated Sydney scores are given
ParametersPretreatmentPosttreatmentChronicgastritis
N of patients5616
Age (mean ± SD)60.13 ± 17.3857.11 ± 15.81
Male/Female46/108/8
Non smoking/smoking16/406/10
Gastric ulcer210-
Duodenal ulcer350-
History of NSAID use33/524/16
H pylori positive/negative41/11a7/45b11/5
Patients with evidence of gastritis49/52a34/52d13/16
(Total updated Sydney Score > 0)
Site of gastric inflammation
Antrum (no of patients)28218
Corpus (no of patients)863
Disseminated (no of patients)1375
Total updated Sydney score (mean ± SD)4.69 ± 1.93a2.69 ± 1.22f4.27 ± 0.65
Neutrophil infiltration score (mean ± SD)1.77 ± 0.59a0.81 ± 0.32f1.73 ± 0.73
Monocyte infiltration score (mean ± SD)2.15 ± 0.68a1.05 ± 0.61f1.73 ± 0.38
Lymphocyte infiltration score (mean ± SD)0.87 ± 0.35a0.13 ± 0.08c0.69 ± 0.32
Mucosal atrophy score (mean ± SD)0.55 ± 0.17a0.38 ± 0.11e0.58 ± 0.30
Intestinal metaplasia (mean ± SD)0.29 ± 0.04a0.13 ± 0.08e0.19 ± 0.07
Density of H pylori (mean ± SD)1.56 ± 0.28a0.33 ± 0.07f1.45 ± 0.39
Table 2 Concentrations of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-s (sTREM-1) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) of supernatants of tissue samples taken from patients with either duodenal or gastric ulcer disease or chronic gastritis at pre-treatment
ParametersDuodenal ulcer
Gastric ulcer
Chronic Gastritis
H pylori (+)H pylori (-)H pylori (+)H pylori (-)H pylori (+)H pylori (-)
N35014797
sTREM-1 [median (range), pg/g of tissue]
032.41 (13.32)-317.27 (73.98)a112.41 (38.71)6.21 (0.81)c5.18 (0.77)
LPS102.41 (40.43)-455.41 (98.53)b214.55 (44.81)12.67 (2.16)c9.37 (1.55)
Gastric juice17.91 (7.11)-150.14 (41.16)c118.48 (54.93)10.07 (2.02)c7.42 (1.22)
TNFα [median (range), pg/g of tissue]
010.62 (2.07)-7.58 (1.75)c6.40 (1.52)8.11 (1.31)c5.98 (1.45)
LPS28.25 (3.35)-45.33 (13.06)c21.44 (8.12)19.07 (4.72)c17.87 (2.11)
Gastric juice18.02 (5.97)-10.76 (2.08)c8.51 (2.05)10.17 (3.23)c9.13 (1.61)
Table 3 Influence of treatment on the secretion of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) by the mucosa of H pylori-positive patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers
ParametersH pylori-positive with gastric ulcer
H pylori-positive with duodenal ulcer
Pre-treatmentPost-treatmentPre-treatmentPost-treatment
sTREM-1 [median (range), pg/g of tissue]
0203.21 (88.91)8.23 (5.79)b86.82 (35.41)3.90 (2.84)d
LPS418.87 (127.56)14.31 (7.11)b144.90 (58.79)6.13 (4.07)d
TNFα [median (range), pg/g of tissue]
012.67 (226.79)9.51 (8.02)a12.47 (133.45)10.31 (20.41)a
LPS31.07 (231.89)20.12 (13.51)a34.05 (150.36)17.88 (23.11)a
Table 4 Correlations between sTREM-1 and TNFα and parameters of gastritis score in non and LPS stimulated supernatants of H pylori positive patients with duodenal and gastric ulcer and of patients with chronic gastritis
Parameters ofGastritis scoreSupernatants of mucosa sampled from H pylori-positive patients with duodenal ulcer diseasepre-treatment
Absence of LPS
Presence of LPS
sTREM-1TNFαsTREM-1TNFα
Neutrophils infiltrationP = NSP = NSP = NSP = NS
Monocytes infiltrationP = NSP < 0.01P < 0.05P < 0.01
Supernatants of mucosa sampled from H pylori- positive patients with gastric ulcer disease pre-treatment
Neutrophils infiltrationP = NSP < 0.05P < 0.01P < 0.05
Monocytes infiltrationP < 0.01P < 0.01P < 0.01P < 0.01
Supernatants of mucosa sampled from H pylori-positive patients with chronic gastritis
Neutrophils infiltrationP = NSP < 0.05P = NSP < 0.05
Monocytes infiltrationP = NSP < 0.05P = NSP < 0.01