H. pylori virulence factor CagA increases intestinal cell proliferation by Wnt pathway activation in a transgenic zebrafish model

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 802-810

  Neal, James T ^a,c   Peterson, Tracy S ^b,d   Kent, Michael L ^a   Guillemin, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CAGA PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRA FISH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGING; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CATENIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTESTINES; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84877804209     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.011163     Document Type: Article

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