Divergence of virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori among clinical isolates does not correlate with disease specificity

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 11, 1999, Pages 6-9

  Kodama, Kaoru ^a   Ito, Akira ^a   Nishizono, Akira ^a   Fujioka, Toshio ^a   Nasu, Masaru ^a   Yahiro, Kinnosuke ^b   Hirayama, Toshiya ^b   Uemura, Naomi ^c  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

CagA; Helicobacter pylori; IL 8 inducibility; Vacuolating cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DUODENUM ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOTOXINS; DUODENAL ULCER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033370914     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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