The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 2012-01-01

Serum pepsinogens, gastrin-17 and Helicobacter pylori antibody in the residents of two cities in china with distinct mortality rates of gastric cancer.

Kui-Cheng Zheng, Kazuo Aoki, Xiao-Qing Li, Shu-Guang Lin, Bing-Shan Wu, Wen-Ling Zhong, Tie-Hui Chen, Song Lin, Jian-Wang You, Chang Su

Index: Tohoku J. Exp. Med. 228(4) , 289-94, (2012)

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Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors causing death in Fujian Province, China. However, the mortality of gastric cancer is greatly varied in different areas in Fujian; for example, the mortality in Changle City is 7.4 times higher than that in Fuan City. In this study, we compared the differences in serological parameters, pepsinogen (PG) I, PG II, gastrin-17 (G-17), and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antibody, between the two cities. It has been reported that low serum PG I is correlated with atrophic gastritis, a high-risk condition for developing gastric cancer, while high serum G-17 has been used for serological detection of atrophic corpus gastritis. We recruited 224 healthy subjects in Changle and 229 healthy subjects in Fuan, matched in age and sex. The serum levels of PG II and G-17 were significantly higher in Changle than those in Fuan. Importantly, the frequency of the subjects with low serum PG I (< 25 μg/L) was significantly higher in Changle than in Fuan, although the serum PG I levels were similar between the two cities. Moreover, the percentage of the subjects with high serum G-17 (≥ 2 pmol/L) and the positive rate of serum IgG antibody against H. pylori were significantly higher in Changle than those in Fuan. The detected differences in these serological parameters are consistent with the notion that the prevalence of atrophic gastritis may be higher in Changle than in Fuan, which results in a higher risk condition for developing gastric cancer in Changle.


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