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Objective:To investigate the effect of Helicobacter pylori(Hp) infection in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) and the expression of transforming growth factor-β receptorⅡ,interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor-α in gastric mucosa.Methods:76 cases of gastroscope biopsy specimens were collected in the CAG patients,the infection of Hp was detected by PCR fluorescence,and immunohistochemical staining was used to determine the expression of TGF-βRⅡ,IL-6 and TNF-α in gastric foveolar epithelium and stromal inflammatory cells.Results:There were significant differences in chronic inflammation between Hp-positive and Hp-negative group (P<0.05).Expression of IL-6 in stromal inflammatory cells was significantly different between Hp-positive and Hp-negative group (P<0.05).Expression of TGF-βRⅡ and TNF-α was not significantly different in two groups(P>0.05).IL-6 expressed instromal inflammatory cells were correlated with chronic inflammation (r=0.249,P=0.03).The degree of intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia were correlated with the atrophic severity respectively(r=0.697,0.366).Conclusion:IL-6 is related to the chronic inflammation in patients with CAG who has Hp infection.The chronic atroplic severity promotes the development of intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia.
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Acupuncturists have always paid high attention to deqi (needling sensation) in clinical. However, relationship between deqi and curative effect has not been elucidated yet. In order to have a further understanding on effect of deqi on clinical effect, through study on literature associated with deqi since the establishment of People's Republic of China in 1949, it is held that various factors can influence therapeutic effect of acupuncture treatment, including whether needling sensation appears or not, the speed of deqi, the intensity of deqi, different types of sensations as well as propagated sensation along meridians (PSM). Joint launched multidisciplinary researches should be carried out to reveal the influence principle of deqi on acupuncture effect, and to lay foundations for the further studies on mechanism of deqi.