“…The prominent folds in the oxyntic area and cystic structures in the mucosa are typical for Me´ne´trie`rs disease. 3 Secondary to anacidity, hypergastrinemia develops stimulating the enterochromaffine like (ECL) cell to histamine release and to proliferation, 2 subsequently leading to parietal cell stimulation. 7 Long-term overstimulation of parietal cells may lead to parietal cell degeneration as shown in transgenic hypergastrinemic mice, 8 and spontaneously in a proportion of female cotton rats.…”