[The morphology of the secretory process in the gastrin-producing cells of the gastric antrum in patients with hypo- and hypersecretion of HCl].

The level of HCl secretion in humans correlates with the formation of granules and the organoid functional morphology in the gastrin-producing cells (GPC) of antral region of the stomach mucous membrane: HCl hypersecretion is followed by the enhancement of GPC activity, hyposecretion correlates with the inhibition of their activity. The juxtaposition of the GPC functional morphology indexes of the stomach juice acidity and blood gastrin concentration implies the necessity to reevaluate the significance of the latter as an adequate index of the GPC function.