Limited role of lipopolysaccharide Lewis antigens in adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the human gastric epithelium

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2876-2880

  Mahdavi, Jafar ^a   Borén, Thomas ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina ^b   Appelmelk, Ben J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPLASIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METAPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ANTIGENS, CD15; BACTERIAL ADHESION; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0037406842     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2876-2880.2003     Document Type: Article

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