Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-inflammatory effect of an aqueous extract of seed of broccoli (AESB) in Helicobacter pylori (HP)-infected patients without atrophic gastritis. This was a double-centre, randomized, double-blind, controlled study. A total of 110 HP-infected subjects were randomized to receive either AESB or placebo for 2 months. Inflammatory cytokine (IL-8, IFN-γ, TNF-α, CRP, IL-17A, IL-1β, IL-18), pepsinogen I, II (PG I, PG II), and gastrin-17 (G-17) measurements and 13C-urea breath tests were performed at baseline and at 60 days. At 60 days, there was no significant difference in any of the inflammatory cytokines, pepsinogen or gastrin between the two groups. However, IL-8, IFN-γ, PG I, PG I/PG II ratio (PGR), and G-17 were reduced by 9.02 pg/mL, 5.08 pg/mL, 24.56 ng/mL, 1.75 and 0.3 pmol/L, respectively, in the AESB group compared with baseline (all P < 0.05). The HP eradication rates in the AESB group and placebo group were 11.11 and 3.70% at 60 days, respectively (P > 0.05). No treatment-related adverse events were reported. Thus, AESB may reduce the risk of gastric mucosal lesions and decrease the risk of gastric cancer by relieving inflammatory cytokines. The safety profile of AESB was satisfactory. This study is registered with the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (Registration No. ChiCTR2100054249).
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Abbreviations
- HP:
-
Helicobacter pylori
- AESB:
-
Aqueous extract of seed of broccoli
- IFN-γ:
-
Interferon-γ
- TNF-α:
-
Tumour necrosis factor-α
- CRP:
-
C-reactive protein
- IL-17A:
-
Interleukin-17 A
- IL-1β:
-
Interleukin-1β
- IL-8:
-
Interleukin-8
- IL-18:
-
Interleukin-18
- PG I:
-
Pepsinogen I
- PG II:
-
Pepsinogen II
- G-17:
-
Gastrin-17
- ADRs:
-
Adverse drug reactions
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This research was funded by BYHEALTH, grant number TY0191115, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. lzujbky-2019–4), Gansu Province Science Foundation for Youths (No.21JR7RA507) with Lipeng Jing as the funding receiver. and Cuiying Science and Technology Innovation Project of Lanzhou University Second Hospital (CY-2019-QN19) with Lei Wang as the funding receiver. The intervention formulas were donated by BYHEALTH.
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LJ and LW: conceived and designed the research; KG, LW, JM, XL, XZ: collected the data; KG: performed the statistical analysis; KG and LJ wrote the manuscript; YX revised the manuscript; XH, LL, SJ and HW contributed to the discussion; All authors read, revised and approved the final manuscript. LJ: acts as guarantor for this study and publication.
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Guo, K., Wang, L., Mahe, J. et al. Effect of aqueous extract of seed of broccoli on inflammatory cytokines and Helicobacter pylori infection: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial in patients without atrophic gastritis. Inflammopharmacol 30, 1659–1668 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10787-022-01030-x
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