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Clinical presentation in relation to diversity within the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2002
Hsu Ping I, Hwang Il-Ran, Cittelly Diana, Lai Kwok-Hung, El-Zimaity Hala M T, Gutierrez Oscar, Kim Jong G, Osato Michael S, Graham David Y, Yamaoka Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the genetic diversity of the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in relation to clinical outcome and interleukin (IL)-8 production. METHODS: Seven genes in the cag PAI (cagA, cagE, cagG, cagM, cagT, open reading frame 13 and 10) were examined by polymerase chain reaction and Southern blot hybridization using H. pylori from 120 patients with...
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