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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2014; 20(36): 12767-12780
Published online Sep 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i36.12767
Figure 1
Figure 1 Helicobacter pylori colonization the antrum of the stomach. The gastric epithelium consists of a single layer of cells that invaginate in order to form cardiac, oxyntic or/and pyloric gland. Cardiac glands are located closest to the esophagus, while the oxyntic glands located in the fundus and corpus of the stomach and contain chief cells, parietal cells and enterochromaffine-like cells (ECL). Pyloric glands which located in the antrum contain G and D cells. H. pylori colonization is only limited to the antrum of the stomach.