[Clinical value of serum gastrin determination (a review of literature)].

Abstract

The generalization of the results of a considerable body of work on the use of serum gastrin permits one to conclude that only its properties to stimulate gastric mucosal hydrochloric acid and pepsin secretion in health and disease have been rather well studied. Single studies are devoted to changes in serum gastrin levels in diseases, including infection pathology, of the body's other organs and systems other than the gastrointestinal tract. The data available in the literature show that serum gastrin levels are directly related to humoral immunity parameters. It is concluded that determination of serum gastrin levels is an informative test of not only the gastrointestinal tract of a human being, but also his/her whole health, which makes it possible to predict, in case of illness, its exacerbation, outcomes and to timely correct therapy.

• Authors: L S Kalagina
• Journal: Klinicheskaia laboratornaia diagnostika (Klin Lab Diagn) Issue 1 Pg. 12-4 (Jan 2011) ISSN: 0869-2084 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 21427940 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Gastrins

Topics

• Gastrins (blood, immunology)
• Humans
• Immunity, Humoral
• Infections (blood, immunology)