Table 3.
Influence of treatment on the secretion of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) by the mucosa of H pylori-positive patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers
| Parameters |
H pylori-positive with gastric ulcer |
H pylori-positive with duodenal ulcer |
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| Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | Pre-treatment | Post-treatment | |
| sTREM-1 [median (range), pg/g of tissue] | ||||
| 0 | 203.21 (88.91) | 8.23 (5.79)b | 86.82 (35.41) | 3.90 (2.84)d |
| LPS | 418.87 (127.56) | 14.31 (7.11)b | 144.90 (58.79) | 6.13 (4.07)d |
| TNFα [median (range), pg/g of tissue] | ||||
| 0 | 12.67 (226.79) | 9.51 (8.02)a | 12.47 (133.45) | 10.31 (20.41)a |
| LPS | 31.07 (231.89) | 20.12 (13.51)a | 34.05 (150.36) | 17.88 (23.11)a |
b
P < 0.001,
d
P < 0.01, vs pre treatment;
a
P: non-significant, vs pre treatment.