Helicobacter pylori infection: An overview of bacterial virulence factors and pathogenesis

Biomedical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-23

  Kao, Cheng Yen ^a   Sheu, Bor Shyang ^a   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; Pathogenesis; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BLOOD ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEIN A; BLOOD ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEIN B; CAGA PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHAPERONIN 60; FLAGELLIN; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 8; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATING PROTEIN A; SIALIC ACID BINDING ADHESIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE; VACUOLATING TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIC ULCER; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEOMICS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84978137348     PISSN: 23194170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bj.2015.06.002     Document Type: Review

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