Article
Immunohistochemical diagnosis of the cagA-gene genotype of Helicobacter pylori with anti-East Asian CagA-specific antibody.
Cancer science - 1 Apr 2007
Uchida Tomohisa, Kanada Ryoko, Tsukamoto Yoshiyuki, Hijiya Naoki, Matsuura Keiko, Yano Shinji, Yokoyama Shigeo, Kishida Tetsuko, Kodama Masaaki, Murakami Kazunari, Fujioka Toshio, Moriyama Masatsugu
Abstract excerpt
Cytotoxin-associated antigen A (CagA) protein produced by Helicobacter pylori is proposed to be associated with the pathogenesis of gastric cancer as well as gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer. It has been reported that the CagA of H. pylori widespread in East Asian countries, where the mortality...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Asia
- Bacterial Proteins
- Gastric Mucosa
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Immunohistochemistry
- Molecular Sequence Data