Lack of a relationship between Lewis antigen expression and cagA, CagA, vacA and VacA status of Irish Helicobacter pylori isolates

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-90

  Marshall, David G ^a   Hynes, Sean O ^b   Coleman, David C ^c   O'Morain, Colm A ^d   Smyth, Cyril J ^a   Moran, Anthony P ^b  

^a Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cagA; Helicobacter pylori; Lewis antigens; Lipopolysaccharide; vacA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; DUODENUM ULCER; GASTRITIS; GENE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 0032949868     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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