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Cutting edge: urease release by Helicobacter pylori stimulates macrophage inducible nitric oxide synthase.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2002
Gobert Alain P, Mersey Benjamin D, Cheng Yulan, Blumberg Darren R, Newton Jamie C, Wilson Keith T
Abstract excerpt
Inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression and production of NO are both up-regulated with Helicobacter pylori infection in vivo and in vitro. We determined whether major pathogenicity proteins released by H. pylori activate iNOS by coculturing macrophages with wild-type or mutant strains deficient in VacA, CagA, picB product, or urease (ureA(-)). When filters were used to separate H. pylori from macrophages, there...
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