Article
Helicobacter pylori and gastric diseases.
Nagoya journal of medical science - 1 Nov 2003
Goto Hidemi
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a pathogenic agent of gastric diseases, but their mechanisms are unclear. Effects of ammonia, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and anti-Lewis autoantibodies induced after H. pylori infection on the development of gastric diseases were investigated. Ammonia disturbed the collagen metabolism in the ulcer base. Soluble TNF receptors regulate the action of TNF. The involvement...
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