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T-bet knockout prevents Helicobacter felis-induced gastric cancer.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Jul 2009
Stoicov Calin, Fan Xueli, Liu Jian Hua, Bowen Glennice, Whary Mark, Kurt-Jones Evelyn, Houghton JeanMarie
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter infection is the primary risk factor for gastric cancer, with the cytokine environment within the gastric mucosa the strongest predictor of disease risk. Elevated TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and low IL-10 are associated with the highest risk. In this study, we used C57BL/6 mice to identify T-bet as a central regulator of the cytokine environment during Helicobacter felis infection. We infected male and...
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