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Role of ABO secretor status in mucosal innate immunity and H. pylori infection.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2008
Lindén Sara, Mahdavi Jafar, Semino-Mora Cristina, Olsen Cara, Carlstedt Ingemar, Borén Thomas, Dubois Andre
Abstract excerpt
The fucosylated ABH antigens, which constitute the molecular basis for the ABO blood group system, are also expressed in salivary secretions and gastrointestinal epithelia in individuals of positive secretor status; however, the biological function of the ABO blood group system is unknown. Gastric mucosa biopsies of 41 Rhesus monkeys originating from Southern Asia were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. A majority...
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