TITLE: How Chronic Inflammation Can Lead To Stomach Cancer.
QUOTE: ...elevated levels of a single proinflammatory cytokine, an immune system protein called interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), can start the progression towards stomach cancer. These results are published in the Nov. 4, 2008 issue of Cancer Cell. The researchers hope to use this finding to develop ways to block this process, thereby preventing cancer from developing.
"This study shows that accumulation of IL-1β, which is induced by infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in the gastrointestinal tract, is a significant contributor to the onset of stomach cancer..." UNQUOTE.
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105135126.htm
What is not mentioned is that a huge percentage of the third world has H. pylori "infection" and yet does not have especially high stomach cancer rates. The problem, rather, appears to be that having arachidonic acid in one's cells makes the inflammatory response much more pronounced and long lasting. |
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