Clinical Articles
Copyright ©The Author(s) 1996.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 15, 1996; 2(3): 155-157
Published online Sep 15, 1996. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v2.i3.155
Table 1 Quantitative ultrastructure analysis of neuroendocrine cells of gastric mucosa in normal subjects
Cell typeVolume fraction (%)Profiles/unit area (n/m2)Cytoplasm composition (%)Granule constituents (%)
Antrum
NE1.6 ± 0.5
G65.0 ± 2.02.4 ± 0.875.0 ± 3.016.0 ± 9.0
D9.5 ± 0.60.3 ± 0.881.0 ± 4.035.0 ± 6.0
EC8.6 ± 2.90.3 ± 0.776.0 ± 12.018.0 ± 7.0
Remaining cells16.9 ± 3.20.6 ± 0.677.0 ± 8.03.8 ± 2.9
Corpus
NE0.9 ± 0.4
ECL30.0 ± 9.01.6 ± 0.770.0 ± 2.08.0 ± 2.0
EC7.0 ± 5.00.3 ± 0.272.0 ± 13.016.0 ± 8.0
D22.0 ± 4.01.5 ± 0.881.0 ± 7.031.0 ± 5.0
P24.0 ± 7.00.8 ± 0.372.0 ± 7.06.0 ± 2.0
Remaining cells17.6 ± 8.00.9 ± 0.568.0 ± 19.03.2 ± 2.6
Table 2 Quantitative ultrastructure analysis of neuroendocrine cells of the corpus mucosa in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome patients
Cell typeVolume fraction (%)Profiles/unit area (n/m2)Cytoplasm composition (%)Granule constituents (%)
Antrum
NE3.2 ± 1.1
ECL65.0 ± 15.0d5.2 ± 2.4c82.0 ± 2.0d5.0 ± 2.0c
EC5.0 ± 2.00.7 ± 0.580.0 ± 13.06.0 ± 9.0a
D4.0 ± 4.0d0.6 ± 0.475.0 ± 14.018.0 ± 5.0d
P11.0 ± 8.0a1.1 ± 0.476.0 ± 7.03.0 ± 0.5b
Remaining cells10.0 ± 3.02.8 ± 1.578.0 ± 9.01.6 ± 0.8
Table 3 Quantitative ultrastructure analysis of neuroendocrine cells of gastric mucosa in duodenal ulcer patients
Cell typeVolumefraction (%)Profiles/unitarea (n/m2)Cytoplasmcomposition (%)Granuleconstituents (%)
Antrum
NE1.3 ± 0.2
G46.0 ± 2.01.8 ± 0.771.0 ± 3.016.0 ± 9.0
D3.0 ± 1.6a0.1 ± 0.8b87.0 ± 4.0a28.0 ± 12.0
EC16.0 ± 6.50.6 ± 0.7b77.0 ± 12.012.0 ± 5.0
Remaining cells35.0 ± 13.01.2 ± 1.581.0 ± 8.03.8 ± 2.9
Corpus
NE0.8 ± 0.3
ECL49.0 ± 16.0a1.7 ± 1.070.0 ± 5.05.0 ± 2.0a
EC4.0 ± 2.00.3 ± 0.272.0 ± 24.08.0 ± 8.0
D2.0 ± 4.0a0.3 ± 0.3c93.0 ± 6.0a33.0 ± 4.0
P25.0 ± 4.01.7 ± 1.067.0 ± 5.03.0 ± 1.0
Remaining cells20.0 ± 12.01.9 ± 1.581.0 ± 9.03.2 ± 2.8