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Role ofHelicobacter pylori cagRegion Genes in Colonization and Gastritis in Two Animal Models
1 May 2001
Abstract excerpt
The Helicobacter pylori chromosomal region known as the cytotoxin-gene associated pathogenicity island (cag PAI) is associated with severe disease and encodes proteins that are believed to induce interleukin (IL-8) secretion by cultured epithelial cells. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the cag PAI, induction of IL-8, and induction of neutrophilic gastric inflammation....
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