Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucus overlying the epithelium of the stomach in more than 50% of the world’s population. This ...

The entire duodenal and gastric mucous membrane was in a state of acute hyperemia and bled easily when wiped. The gastrojejunal anastomosis was not bleeding. The stomach and duodenum were closed.

When a white blood cell finds a germ, it latches onto it. Then it changes its shape to surround the germ. You can imagine the ...

Mucus is a substance that lines the moist surfaces of your body, including the lungs, sinuses, mouth, stomach, intestines, and eyes. “It is mainly a combination of water and large molecules ...

The stomach continues to produce gastric juice and hormones, even when it’s empty. It also produces a thick mucus to protect the lining of the stomach from the acid and pepsin. Cancer can start in any ...

High nitrate intake caused nitrite to accumulate in loosely adherent rat gastric mucus; if this layer was removed, mucosal blood flow decreased. The authors suggest that this previously unknown ...