Anti-parietal cell antibody and serum pepsinogen assessment in screening for gastric carcinoma.
Dig Liver Dis
; 38(5): 303-7, 2006 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Anti-parietal cell antibody is found in patients with Helicobacter pylori-positive gastritis and is related to atrophic gastritis and gastric carcinoma.AIM:
To identify the characteristics of patients at high-risk for gastric carcinoma in terms of anti-parietal cell antibody and serum pepsinogen. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Subjects were 92 H. pylori-positive patients (54 men, 38 women; mean age, 57.9 years; range, 15-88 years). The serum concentrations of pepsinogen I and II were determined by radioimmunoassay, and the presence of anti-parietal cell antibody was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Degrees of inflammation and atrophy in the corpus of the stomach were evaluated histologically.RESULTS:
Patients were classified into four groups according to anti-parietal cell antibody status and pepsinogen I/II ratio. Anti-parietal cell antibody-negative/pepsinogen I/II-low patients had the highest risk for gastric carcinoma (prevalence of gastric carcinoma 7/13=53.8%, odds ratio=7.6, 95% confidence interval, 1.2-48.0). Anti-parietal cell antibody titre was high when inflammation in the corpus was severe (p=0.06) and significantly low when atrophy in the corpus was severe (p=0.01).CONCLUSION:
Our results showed that patients with a negative anti-parietal cell antibody titre and low pepsinogen I/II ratio are at high-risk for gastric carcinoma.
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Assunto principal:
Células Parietais Gástricas
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Autoanticorpos
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Neoplasias Gástricas
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Pepsinogênio A
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Pepsinogênio C
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
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