Extracellular pH modulates Helicobacter pylori-induced vacuolation and VacA toxin internalization in human gastric epithelial cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 167-174

  Ricci, Vittorio ^a   Sommi, Patrizia ^a   Fiocca, Roberto ^a   Necchi, Vittorio ^a   Romano, Marco ^b   Solcia, Enrico ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell vacuolation; Extracellular pH; Helicobacter pylori; Ultrastructural immunocytochemistry; VacA internalization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DYE; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PH; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH INJURY; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0036295758     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6638     Document Type: Article

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