Immune response to a recombinant fragment of the CagA protein of Helicobacter pylori in blood donors and patients with gastric cancer: Relation to ABO(H) blood group phenotype, stage of the disease and tumor morphology

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Klaamas, Kersti ^a   Kurtenkov, Oleg ^a   Covacci, Antonello ^b   Lipping, Agu ^c   Wadström, Torkel ^d  

^a Estonian Inst of Exp/Clin Med   (Estonia)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^c Estonian Cancer Centre   (Estonia)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABH blood groups; CagA; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Immune response

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032934601     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050097     Document Type: Article

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