[Changes in the ultrastructure of parietal cells of gastric glands in chronic gastritis]

The studies of the ultrastructure of parietal cells in chronic gastritis revealed changes in mitochondria manifested by clearing of the matrix, reduction in the number and length of christae and partial or complite vacuolation of the cytoplasm. Changes of intracellular microtubules and endoplasmic reticulum were also found. The described disorders in the ultrastructure of parietal cells in chronic gastritis are the morphological substrate of disoredrs in hydrochloric acid secretion in this disease.