Article
Helicobacter pylori cagA polymorphism and gastric inflammation: an international comparison between Japanese and Brazilian patients.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2011
Takamura Akemi, Ito Masanori, Imagawa Shinobu, Takata Shunsuke, Tanaka Shinji, Teixeira Claudio R, Kamada Tomoari, Haruma Ken, Chayama Kazuaki
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Gastritis induced by Helicobacter pylori can cause the onset of gastric cancer, and H. pylori cytotoxin associated gene A (cagA) is considered to be an important factor for its development. We investigated the relationship between the grades of gastritis and cagA phenotype in Japanese and Brazilian patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied 47 Brazilian and 47 age-, gender-matched Japanese patients....
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- Brazil
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Gastritis
- Genes, Bacterial
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
