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Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric mucosa in humans and causes chronic gastritis. NF-κB has a key role as a mediator in mucosal inflammation. In this study, we examined the expression of NF-κB in the antral epithelial cells of H. pylori-infected and H. pylori-uninfected biopsies and examined these processes in relationship with grade and activity of gastritis, density of H. pylori, presence of the intestinal metaplasia, and atrophy.
Fifty biopsies (35 H. pylori-positive patients and 15 H. pylori-negative controls) were studied. NF-κB immunohistochemical stain was performed. NF-κB activity in H. pylori-infected biopsies were markedly enhanced compared with uninflamed biopsies (P = 0.001). We also found positive correlation NF-κB expression with severity of gastritis (according to Sydney score) (P = 0.001), activity of gastritis (P = 0.046) and H. pylori load (P < 0.001), and atrophy (P = 0.004). We did not find a significant relationship between NF-κB and the presence of intestinal metaplasia (P = 0.355). These findings suggested that expression of NF-κB has an important role in H. pylori gastritis.
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Doger, F.K., Meteoglu, I., Ozkara, E. et al. Expression of NF-κB in Helicobacter pylori Infection. Dig Dis Sci 51, 2306–2309 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9352-5
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