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p120 and Kaiso RegulateHelicobacter pylori-induced Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase-7
24 Jul 2008
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is the strongest known risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma, yet only a fraction of infected persons develop cancer. One H. pylori constituent that augments disease risk is the cytotoxin-associated gene (cag) pathogenicity island, which encodes a secretion system that translocates bacterial effector molecules into host cells. Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7, a member of a family of enzymes...
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