Figure 5.

Representative photomicrograph of ghrelin immunoreactive cells in the gastric fundic mucosa of Mongolian gerbils. The brown coloured cells represent ghrelin immunoreactive cells. (A) Control fundic mucosa at 17 weeks after Helicobacter pylori inoculation. (B) H pylori colonised fundic mucosa at 17 weeks after H pylori inoculation. (C) Control fundic mucosa at 23 weeks after H pylori inoculation. (D) H pylori colonised fundic mucosa at 23 weeks after H pylori inoculation; magnification 40×.