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Host response and vaccine development to Helicobacter pylori infection.
Current topics in microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 1999
Blanchard T G, Czinn S J, Nedrud J G
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Studies in both humans and animals demonstrate that H. pylori is capable of illiciting an innate response that in part is regulated by the genetic makeup of the host. These innate responses includes stimulating immune effector mechanisms at the cellular and biochemical level resulting in the influx of neutrophils into the lamina propria and have even been shown to modify gastric acid secretion. The availability...
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