PPIs bind to and block an enzyme in the gastric parietal cells known as the proton pump, effectively reducing the production of gastric acid. PPIs are prodrugs, which means that they are taken as ...

Many experts maintain that GERD is caused by dysfunction of the gastroesophageal barrier and that gastric acid secretion ... measure of enterochromaffin cell mass, were significantly higher ...

Of the group with pernicious anemia 84.5 per cent had parietal-cell antibodies by immunofluorescent technics, 53 per cent had gastric-mucosa antibodies by complement-fixation tests, and 56 per ...