[Specifics of apoptotic activity and expression of regulatory molecules (Ki-67, Bcl-2) of gastric mucosal epitheliocytes, in the process of Correa's cascade].

The subjects of the study were 104 patients with Helicobacter pylori (HP)-associated gastric pathology, including 30 patients with gastric ulcer (GU), 30 patients with chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG), 20 patients with CAG plus adenomatous polyps (AP), and 24 patients with gastric cancer (GC). All the subjects were examined dynamically; the comparison group consisted of 12 practically healthy people. The study revealed that GU, CAG, AP, and GC were consequent stages of gastric mucosal epithelial cell regeneration disorder which manifested by the fact that the apoptotic activity of these cells was lower than their proliferation rate, and this difference grew with time; the reflection of this was the growth of Ki-67 and Bcl-2 expression. HP eradication improved the process of cell regeneration. Epithelial cell apoptosis/proliferation ratio tended to normalize, which suggests that the processes of mucosal atrophy and metaplasia, and initial signs of gastric mucosal dysplasia in patients with HP-associated pathology may be reversible.