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ArticleThe Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology2018

Relationship between irritable bowel syndrome and plasma and tissue ghrelin levels.

Gülcan Şahin-Eryılmaz, Kayhan Başak, Özlem Çakır-Madenci, Hacer Koç, Sabah Tüzün, Can Dolapçıoğlu, Emel Ahıshalı, Mustafa Reşat Dabak

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Article in The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Gülcan Şahin-EryılmazÜmraniye Family Health Center, İstanbul, Turkey.
Kayhan BaşakDepartment of Medical Pathology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Özlem Çakır-MadenciÜmraniye Family Health Center, İstanbul, Turkey.
Hacer KoçDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Sabah TüzünDepartment of Family Medicine, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Can DolapçıoğluDepartment of Gastroenterology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Emel AhıshalıDepartment of Gastroenterology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
Mustafa Reşat DabakDepartment of Family Medicine, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.

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Abstract

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aimsThis study aimed to evaluate the relationship between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and plasma and tissue ghrelin levels. MATERIALS AND

methodsPatients who had undergone gastroscopy procedure for any reason previously were enrolled in the study. Among these, patients with IBS symptoms were evaluated according to the Roma III criteria. The healthy control group comprised patients with no IBS symptom and had undergone gastroscopy procedure for another reason. The plasma ghrelin level and tissue ghrelin level obtained by immunohistochemical examination of biopsy specimens taken from the gastric antrum and corpus were evaluated in all participants.

resultsThe mean age of 90 participants was 43.64}12.64 years. The median value of the plasma ghrelin level was 3.29 (1.2-12.7) in the diarrhea group (IBS-D), 1.49 (0.82-7.08) in the constipation group (IBS-C), and 1.5 (0.2-3.7) in the control group. The plasma ghrelin levels between the groups were found to be significantly higher in IBS-D than in IBS-C and the control groups (p=0.001 and p=0.001, respectively). On comparing antral mucosal gland biopsy outcomes among the groups, staining intensity score was found to be significantly high in IBS-C as compared with the control group, whereas no significant difference was observed between IBS-D and the control groups (p=0.020 and p=0.429, respectively).

conclusionThe plasma ghrelin level in IBS-D and the staining intensity in the antral mucosal gland in IBS-C were found to be significantly higher. In addition, there was no difference between the groups in terms of ghrelin staining intensity in the gastric corpus.

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AdultCase-Control StudiesConstipationDiarrheaFemaleGastric MucosaGastroscopyGhrelinHumansIrritable Bowel SyndromeMaleMiddle AgedPyloric AntrumGhrelin

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PMID30289393
PMCPMC6284678

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