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Mutagenic potency of Helicobacter pylori in the gastric mucosa of mice is determined by sex and duration of infection.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Aug 2010
Sheh Alexander, Lee Chung Wei, Masumura Kenichi, Rickman Barry H, Nohmi Takehiko, Wogan Gerald N, Fox James G, Schauer David B
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is a human carcinogen, but the mechanisms evoked in carcinogenesis during this chronic inflammatory disease remain incompletely characterized. We determined whether chronic H. pylori infection induced mutations in the gastric mucosa of male and female gpt delta C57BL/6 mice infected for 6 or 12 mo. Point mutations were increased in females infected for 12 mo. The mutation frequency in this...
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