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Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin promotes bacterial intracellular survival in gastric epithelial cells.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 2006
Terebiznik M R, Vazquez C L, Torbicki K, Banks D, Wang T, Hong W, Blanke S R, Colombo M I, Jones N L
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Helicobacter pylori colonizes the gastric epithelium of at least 50% of the world's human population, playing a causative role in the development of chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Current evidence indicates that H. pylori can invade epithelial cells in the gastric m...
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