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TNF-alpha-inducing protein, a carcinogenic factor secreted from H. pylori, enters gastric cancer cells.
International journal of cancer - 1 Jul 2008
Suganuma Masami, Yamaguchi Kensei, Ono Yoshie, Matsumoto Haruo, Hayashi Tomonori, Ogawa Takahiko, Imai Kazue, Kuzuhara Takashi, Nishizono Akira, Fujiki Hirota
Abstract excerpt
TNF-alpha inducing protein (Tip alpha) is secreted from Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori): it is a potent inducer of TNF-alpha and chemokine genes, mediated through NF-kappaB activation, and it also induces tumor-promoting activity in Bhas 42 cells. To investigate the carcinogenic mechanisms of H. pylori with Tip alpha, we first examined how Tip alpha acts on gastric epithelial cells. We found that fluorescent-Tip...
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