EXPRESSION OF GASTRIN-17, PEPSINOGEN I AND II AND HELICOBACTER PYLORI IgG IN A SRI LANKAN DYSPEPTIC PATIENT POPULATION USING GASTROPANEL
Journal Title: World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Objective: This study was aimed to assess the usefulness of Gastropanel assay, an ELISA-based non-invasive diagnostic technique, in diagnosis of H. pylori infection and disease severity in a Sri Lankan population. Methods: Blood specimens were collected from dyspeptic patients attending routine upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy at a tertiary care hospital. Serum Gastrin-17, Pepsinogen I and II were measured using the Gastropanel assay (Biohit Oyj, Finland). H. pylori infection was diagnosed using Gastropanel H. pylori-IgG (Biohit Oyj, Finland), histology and H. pylori-IgG (Bioactiva Diagnostica, Germany). Antral biopsies were histologically graded to determine the disease severity. Results: Among the dyspeptic population, H. pylori infection was diagnosed in 22 patients by histology and in another 15 by H. pylori- IgG assays. The expression of G-17, PG I and II did not show a significant difference between histologically confirmed H. pyloripositive patients and H. pylori-negative patients. The PG I/II ratio were normal in the study population. Gastropanel assay identified 1 patient of the 22 histology positive patients as having atrophic gastritis of the antrum who was histologically diagnosed as mild antral gastritis while the other 21/22 were categorized as active H. pylori infection. Of the 44 H. pylori-negative dyspeptic patients, 15 were categorized as having healthy mucosa. However, 14/15 were diagnosed with mild antral gastritis while 1 patient had moderate to severe antral gastritis by histology. Conclusions: The results of histology and Gastropanel assay were not comparable in this population from Sri Lanka. Larger study for validation of cut off values for the local population is needed.
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Dr. Chinthika Prabhashinie Gunasekara
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