The role of persistence in Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-7

  Israel, Dawn A ^a   Peek Jr , Richard M ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Immune regulation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CELL RECEPTOR;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL POLARITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH TUMOR; STOMACH ULCER;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 33644823894     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000194790.51714.f0     Document Type: Review

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