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Functional and intracellular signaling differences associated with the Helicobacter pylori AlpAB adhesin from Western and East Asian strains.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Mar 2007
Lu Hong, Wu Jeng Yih, Beswick Ellen J, Ohno Tomoyuki, Odenbreit Stefan, Haas Rainer, Reyes Victor E, Kita Masakazu, Graham David Y, Yamaoka Yoshio
Abstract excerpt
Following adhesion of Helicobacter pylori to gastric epithelial cells, intracellular signaling leads to cytokine production, which causes H. pylori-related gastric injury. Two adjacent homologous genes (alpA and alpB), which encode H. pylori outer membrane proteins, are thought to be associated with adhesion and cytokine induction. We co-cultured gastric epithelial cells with wild type H. pylori strains and their...
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