[Gastric endocrine cells containing endorphin, gastrin and somatostatin in duodenal ulcer].

Three types of endocrine cells (G cells producing gastrin-17, D cells producing somatostatin, and GER cells containing endorphine) in the mucous membrane of the stomach antrum from 14 patients with duodenal ulcer and 10 healthy persons were studied. Biopsies were fixed in a modified Bowen solution and imbedded into paraffin. The slides were stained by Grimelins' method and immunohistochemically wi…