Open AccessEnhanced production of leptin in gastric fundic mucosa withHelicobacter pyloriinfection
Author(s) -
Yuki Nishi,
Hajime Isomoto,
Shigeo Uotani,
Chun Yang Wen,
Saburo Shikuwa,
Ken Ohnita,
Yohei Mizuta,
Akio Kawaguchi,
Kenichiro Inoue,
Shigeru Kohno
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i5.695
Subject(s) - leptin , helicobacter pylori , gastric mucosa , medicine , radioimmunoassay , immune system , stomach , endocrinology , gastroenterology , biology , immunology , obesity
To determine the concentrations of leptin in plasma and gastric fundic mucosa in humans, with reference to Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection, and their association with gastric mucosal levels of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6 and IL-8.