Results: All patients demonstrated both BIBW2992 concentration absent esophageal peristalsis and impaired esophago-gastric junction relaxation. Applying the Chicago criteria for achalasia subtyping on the plots of supine swallows, 17 patients were classified as type I (9 IA; 8 CA), 14 patients as type II (9 IA, 5 CA), and only one patient as type III. Applying the same criteria on the plots of sitting swallows, 9 of the 14 type II patients were reclassified to type I (5 IA, 4 CA), but none of the 17 classified as type I was reclassified to type II (p = 0.004; McNemar’s test). One IA patient was classified as type III in both positions. Conclusion: A large proportion of achalasia cases are classified as
either subtype I or subtype II depending on whether the HRM study is performed sitting or supine, respectively. Additional research is warranted to examine whether such variability has a distinct meaning. Key Word(s): 1. ACHALASIA; 2. ESOPHAGUS; 3. HRM; 4. DYSPHAGIA; Presenting Author: SHIN-YU KUO Additional Authors: YU-CHING TSAI, WEI-HSIN HSIAO, HSIAO-BAI YANG, WEI-LUN CHANG, HSIU-CHI CHENG, SHEW-MEEI SHEU, YI-CHUN YEH, CHENG-CHAN LU, BOR-SHYANG SHEU Corresponding Author: BOR-SHYANG SHEU http://www.selleckchem.com/products/wnt-c59-c59.html Affiliations: National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Hospital; Ton Yen General
Hospital Objective: The 1st-degree relatives of H. pylori-related gastric cancer patients have high precancerous lesions, such as spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM). The trefoil factor family protein TFF2 has been disclosed to involve to SPEM and gastric carcinogenesis. Because of familial clustering in gastric cancers and higher precancerous lesions among the 1st-degree gastric cancer family relatives (GCF) after H. pylori infection, we test whether the 1st-degree GCF can have specific genomic TFF2 genotypes predisposing to SPEM. Methods: A total of
205 offspring of non-cardiac gastric cancer patients have received H. pylori-infection screening with 13C-urea breath test. The subjects with positive H. pylori infection were then received panendoscope to obtain gastric biopsy for the TFF2 immunohistochemistry to define the presence of SPEM. All subjects have provided DNA for the single MCE公司 nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyping in TFF2-1373 C/T; TFF2-503 A/G; TFF2-308 C/A; TFF2 4649 G/A by direct sequencing, real-time polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping and MassARRAY iPLEX platform. Results: Among those H. pylori-infected non-cardiac GCA offspring (44.4%, n = 91/205), 48 cases received endoscope study to confirm the presence of SPEM in 31 cases. Higher proportion of those who with SPEM expression have more than two of the combined-genotypes: TFF2-503 as AA; TFF2-308 as CC and TFF2 4649 as GG compared with those without SPEM expression (n = 17) (OR 3.49, 95% CI 1.01–12.05, p = 0.044).