Helicobacter pylori VacA cytotoxin associated with the bacteria increases epithelial permeability independently of its vacuolating activity

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2043-2050

  Pelicic, Vladimir ^a   Reyrat, Jean Marc ^b   Sartori, Lucia ^a   Pagliaccia, Cristina ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^b   Telford, John L ^b   Montecucco, Cesare ^a   Papini, Emanuele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epithelial permeability; Gastritis ulcerogenesis; Helicobacter pylori; VacA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; MANNITOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOTOPE LABELING; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; TOXIN STRUCTURE; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 0032842774     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-2043     Document Type: Article

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