Quantitative ultrastructure analysis of neuroendocrine cells of gastric mucosa in normal and pathological conditions

Table 2 Quantitative ultrastructure analysis of neuroendocrine cells of the corpus mucosa in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome patients

Cell type	Volume fraction (%)	Profiles/unit area (n/m2)	Cytoplasm composition (%)	Granule constituents (%)
Antrum
NE	3.2 ± 1.1
ECL	65.0 ± 15.0d	5.2 ± 2.4c	82.0 ± 2.0d	5.0 ± 2.0c
EC	5.0 ± 2.0	0.7 ± 0.5	80.0 ± 13.0	6.0 ± 9.0a
D	4.0 ± 4.0d	0.6 ± 0.4	75.0 ± 14.0	18.0 ± 5.0d
P	11.0 ± 8.0a	1.1 ± 0.4	76.0 ± 7.0	3.0 ± 0.5b
Remaining cells	10.0 ± 3.0	2.8 ± 1.5	78.0 ± 9.0	1.6 ± 0.8

^aP < 0.05;

^bP < 0.01;

^cP < 0.05;

^dP < 0.01