[Changes in the intensity of protein synthesis in the gastric mucosa following the laser irradiation of a duodenal ulcer].

Abstract

The intensity of protein synthesis (incorporation/pool) is usually low in normal stomach mucosa and enhanced in exacerbation of peptic ulcer; following the effective laser therapy it decreases only in one third of cases. Therefore the scarring of ulcer not always coincides with the normalization of protein synthesis. The results characterize also the community of reactions in stomach and duodenal mucose membranes. The changes in protein synthesis intensity following the laser irradiation depended neither on the initial size of ulcer nor on the age of patient and the total duration of disease.