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Cytokine expression in pediatric Helicobacter pylori infection.
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology - 1 Aug 2005
Lopes Ana I, Quiding-Jarbrink Marianne, Palha Ana, Ruivo José, Monteiro Lurdes, Oleastro Mónica, Santos Andrea, Fernandes Afonso
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Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common gastrointestinal infections worldwide and almost invariably causes chronic gastritis in the infected host. A predominant Th1 profile has been demonstrated in H. pylori-infected mucosa from adults, but no previous study has evaluated in situ cytokine expression in children. We therefore examined expression of proinflammatory, anti-inflammatory, and regulatory...
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