Table 4.
Infiltration of mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells in the gastric antral and body mucosa of Mongolian gerbils with/without gastric ulcer
| Period (months) | Antrum
|
Body
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU(+) | GU(−) | GU(+) | GU(−) | |
| MNC | 3 (1–4)* | 1 (0–4) | 5 (4–5)* | 3 (0–5) |
| 0 | No case | 0 (0–0) | No case | 0 (0–0) |
| 1 | No case | 0 (0–1) | No case | 0 (0–3) |
| 3 | 2 (1–4)* | 0 (0–4) | 4.5 (4–5)* | 3 (0–5) |
| 6 | 4 (4–4) | 3 (3–4) | 5 (5–5) | 4.5 (4–5) |
| 12 | 4 (3–4)* | 2 (2–2) | No case | 3.5 (2–4) |
| PMN | 2 (0–3)* | 0 (0–3) | 2 (0–4)* | 2 (0–4) |
| 0 | No case | 0 (0–0) | No case | 0 (0–0) |
| 1 | No case | 0 (0–1) | No case | 0 (0–2) |
| 3 | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 3.5 (3–4)* | 1 (0–4) |
| 6 | 2 (2–2) | 1.5 (1–3) | 4 (2–4) | 3 (3–3) |
| 12 | 3 (2–3)* | 0 (0–0) | No case | 2.5 (0–3) |
MNC and PMN infiltration levels are shown as medians (ranges)
Gastric ulcer (GU) (+) and GU (−); only wild-type Helicobacter pylori-infected animals with and without gastric ulcers, respectively
MNC mononuclear cell, PMN polymorphonuclear cell
*
P <0.05 compared with the GU (−) group