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Tomasik et al. (2013) <ref name="gastritis" /> investigated the hormonal regulation of human gastric lipase secretion in children and adolescents with gastritis -- the most common gastric condition, in which inflammation occurs in the lining of the stomach -- as there is little existing literature regarding this subject. HGL activity was compared across three groups: one experimental group consisting of adolescents diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori gastritis (n = 10), another experimental group consisting of adolescents with a non-H. pylori induced form of gastritis (n = 10), and one control group of healthy adolescents (n = 14). HGL activity, in addition to plasma concentrations of glucagon-like peptide-1, cholecystokinin, and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide, were observed through analysis of gastric juice samples that had been collected via endoscopic measurements from each patient.

Patients whose superficial gastritis was induced by pathogens other than H. pylori exhibited lower levels of HGL activity compared to both healthy adolescents (p < .005) and those who were diagnosed with H. pylori gastritis (p < .005). Mean plasma concentrations of glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide were lower in healthy patients (p < 0.005) than in those with non-H. pylori gastritis (p < .003) and those with H. pylori gastritis (p < 0.01).  Regulation of HGL secretion by glucagon-like peptide-1 and cholecystokinin was therefore found to be altered in adolescents with gastritis. In addition, glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide was found to be a powerful activator of human gastric lipase activity in all experimental and control groups <ref name="gastritis" />.