[Study on correlation between aquaporin 3, 4 gene expression in gastric mucosa and severity of Pi-Wei damp-heat syndrome in patients with chronic superficial gastritis].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To explore the relationship between aquaporin 3,4 (AQP3, AQP4) gene expression in gastric mucosa and severity of Pi-Wei damp-heat syndrome (PWDHS) in patients with chronic superficial gastritis (CSG).

METHODS:

Gastric mucosa taken from the upper part of gastric corpus was collected under gastroscope and preserved in liquid nitrogen. The gene expression of AQP3 and AQP4 was determined quantitatively by fluorescent PCR.

RESULTS:

The gene expression of AQP3 and AQP4 in patients with PWDHS of moderate and severe degree was higher than that in those of mild degree and in healthy persons respectively (P <0.05 and P <0.01); and the gene expression of AQP3 in patients with PWDHS of severe degree was higher than that in those of moderate degree (P<0.05).

CONCLUSION:

The gene expression of AQP3 and AQP4 in gastric mucosa was correlative with the severity of PWDHS in patients with chronic superficial gastritis, the severer the syndrome, the higher the gene expression.

• Authors: Wu-xuan Mei, Shao-xian Lao, Zheng Zhou
• Journal: Zhongguo Zhong xi yi jie he za zhi Zhongguo Zhongxiyi jiehe zazhi = Chinese journal of integrated traditional and Western medicine (Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi) Vol. 27 Issue 10 Pg. 891-3 (Oct 2007) ISSN: 1003-5370 [Print] China
• PMID: 17990454 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Aquaporin 4
• Aquaporin 3

Topics

• Adult
• Aquaporin 3 (genetics)
• Aquaporin 4 (genetics)
• Chronic Disease
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Gastric Mucosa (metabolism, pathology)
• Gastritis (diagnosis, genetics)
• Gene Expression
• Humans
• Male
• Medicine, Chinese Traditional
• Middle Aged
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (methods)
• Syndrome