Combined serum IgG response to Helicobacter pylori VacA and CagA predicts gastric cancer

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-225

  Janulaityte Günther, Daiva ^a   Kupcinskas, Limas ^a   Pavilonis, Alvydas ^a   Valuckas, Konstantinas ^b   Wadström, Torkel ^c   Andersen, Leif Percival ^d,e  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b Oncology Centre   (Lithuania)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Lund ^*  (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CagA; Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Immunoblot; VacA; Western blot

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250319670     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00268.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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