Enhanced production of leptin in gastric fundic mucosa with Helicobacter pylori infection

Figure 1 Leptin immunoreactive cells localized in the lower half of oxyntic glands (arrow head, magonification ×650). A: Patients with H pylori infection; B: Uninfected subjects; C: Patients who had successful eradication.

Figure 2 Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. M; size marker. Lane 1: H pylori-uninfected gastric biopsy sample; lane 2: omental adipose tissue sample; lane 3: H pylori-infected gastric biopsy sample; lane 4: non-template negative control.