The Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in blood donors related to Lewis (a,b) histo-blood group phenotype

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-370

  Klaamas, Kersti ^a   Kurtenkov, Oleg ^a   Ellamaa, Malle ^b   Wadström, Torkel ^c  

^a Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Blood Bank   (Estonia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABO and Lewis blood groups; H. pylori infection; Secretor status

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GLYCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0030989762     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199704000-00009     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Boren T, Falk P, Roth KA, et al.: Attachment of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric epithelium mediated by blood group antigens. Science 1993, 262:1892-1895.
2. Falk P, Roth KA, Boren T, et al.: An in vitro adherence assay reveals that Helicobacter pylori exhibits cell lineage-specific tropism in the human gastric epithelium. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995, 90:2035-2039.
3. Wadström T, Hirmo S, Boren T: Biochemical aspects of Helicobacter pylori colonization of the human gastric mucosa. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1996, 10(suppl. 1):17-27.
4. Mentis A, Blackwell CC, Weir DM, et al.: ABO blood group, secretor status and detection of Helicobacter pylori among patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers. Epidemiol Infect 1991, 106:221-229.
5. Mourant AF, Kopec AC, Domaniewska-Sobczak K: Blood Groups and Diseases. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1978.
6. Henry S, Oriol R, Samuelsson B: Lewis histo-blood group system and associated secretory phenotypes. Vox Sang 1995, 69:166-182.
7. Oriol R, Mollicone R, Coullin P, et al.: Genetic regulation of the expression of ABH and Lewis antigens in tissues. APMIS 1992, 100(suppl. 27):28-38.
8. Uibo R, Vorobjova T, Metsküla K, et al.: Association of Helicobacter pylori and gastric autoimmunity: a population-based study. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 1995, 11:65-68.
9. Vorobjova T, Kisand K, Haukanômm A, et al.: The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori antibodies in a population from southern Estonia. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1994, 6:529-533.
10. Mark K, Heapost L, Sarap G: Anthropology of Estonians in Connection with the Problems of Ethnogenesis. Tallinn: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus; 1994.
11. Logan SM, Trust TJ: Molecular identification of surface protein antigens of Campylobacter jejuni. Infect Immun 1983, 42:675-682.
12. Lelwala-Guruge JL, Schalen C, Nilsson I, et al.: Detection of antibodies to Helicobacter pylori cell surface antigens. Scand J Infect Dis 1990, 22:457-465.
13. Kreuning J, Lindeman J, Biemond I, et al.: Relation between IgG and IgA antibody titers against Helicobacter pylori in serum and severity of gastritis in symptomatic subjects. J Clin Pathol 1994, 47:227-231.
14. Blackwell CC: Genetic susceptibility to infectious agents. Proc R Coll Phys (Edinb) 1989, 19:129-138.
15. Bara J, Imberty A, Perez S, et al.: A fucose residue can mask the muc-1 epitopes in normal and cancerous gastric mucosae. Int J Cancer 1993, 54:607-613.
16. Okada Y, Sotozono M-A, Sakai N, et al.: Fucosylated Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen in α-anomeric configuration in human gastric surface epithelia: an allogeneic carbohydrate antigen possibly controlled by the Se gene. J Histochem Cytochem 1994, 42:371-376.
17. Boren T, Normark S: Fucα1.2Gal is the minimal receptor epitope for Helicobacter pylori, inhibiting specific attachment to surface mucous cells in the human gastric epithelium [abstract]. In Pathogenesis and Host Response in Helicobacter pylori Infections. Elsinore, Denmark, 1994: 21.
18. Chesner IM, Nicolson G, Ala F, et al.: Predisposition to gastric antral infection by Helicobacter pylori: an investigation of any association with ABO or Lewis blood group and secretor status. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1992, 4:311-319.
19. Kayser S, Flury R, Fried M, Wirth HP: Is gastric H. pylori colonisation density in duodenal ulcer patients dependent on Lewis-blood groups [abstract]? Gut 1995, 37(suppl. 1):112.
20. Höök-Nikanne J, Sistonen P, Kosunen TU: Effect of ABO blood group and secretor status on the frequency of Helicobacter pylori antibodies. Scand J Gastroenterol 1990, 25:815-818.