Expression of Lewis antigens and their precursors in gastric mucosa: Relationship with Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric carcinogens

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-94

  Lee, H S ^a   Choe, G ^a   Kim, W H ^a   Song, J ^a   Park, K U ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

babA2 gene; Chronic gastritis; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Immunohistochemistry; Intestinal metaplasia; Lewis antigen; Lewis precursor antigen

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTRITIS; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646013932     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1949     Document Type: Article

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