Do gastric adenomas and superficial adenocarcinomas display distinct patterns of mucin carbohydrate and core protein expression?
This study demonstrates that adenomas predominantly have a intestinal phenotype, but both types of adenocarcinomas retain some cells with a gastric phenotype during the early steps of neoplastic development.
Continuous jejunal feeding (CJF) elicited significant increases in gastrointestinal (GI) regulatory hormone (cholecystokinin [CCK], gastrin, IRI, and glucagon) levels and evoked a consecutive gallbladder contraction. These biological responses are eliminated by octreotide pretreatment. Further clinical studies are needed to assess the eventual therapeutic effect of octreotide during CJF in patients with pancreatic pseudocyst.