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Natural Antibiotic Function of a Human Gastric Mucin Against <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection
13 Aug 2004
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori infects the stomachs of nearly a half the human population, yet most infected individuals remain asymptomatic, which suggests that there is a host defense against this bacterium. Because H. pylori is rarely found in deeper portions of the gastric mucosa, where O-glycans are expressed that have terminal alpha1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine, we tested whether these O-glycans might affect H....
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