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Helicobacter pylori-induced homotypic phagosome fusion in human monocytes is independent of the bacterial vacA and cag status
14 Nov 2003
Abstract excerpt
Following reports that a VacA+cag+ toxigenic but not a VacA-cag- non-toxigenic Helicobacter pylori strain induced homotypic phagosome fusion in murine macrophages, we addressed that phenomenon in human cells. Mononuclear phagocytes and epitheloid cells were challenged with H. pylori strains of different vacA and cag genotypes and with VacA- and Cag- isogenic mutants, and chased in the absence or presence of...
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