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Pathogenic implications of interleukin-8 activity and bacterial phenotype in antral gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori.
Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas - 1 May 2000
Martín Guerrero J M, Hergueta Delgado P, Esteban Carretero J J, Rivera Hueto F F, Pellicer Bautista F J, Herrerías Gutiérrez J M, Carretero J J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection is characterized by an intense inflammatory infiltrate in the gastric mucosa, which is chemoattracted by different cytokines. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) seems to play an important role in the recruitment of circulating neutrophils, and modulation of IL-8 secretion seems to be a strain marker. This study was designed to examine IL-8 concentrations in the gastric mucosa and...
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