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Helicobacter pylori Activates Calpain via Toll-Like Receptor 2 To Disrupt Adherens Junctions in Human Gastric Epithelial Cells
9 Aug 2011
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Helicobacter pylori is a risk factor for the development of gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcers, and gastric adenocarcinoma. H. pylori-induced disruption of epithelial adherens junctions (AJs) is thought to promote the development of severe disease; however, the mechanisms whereby H. pylori alters AJ structure remain incompletely understood. The present study demonstrates that H. pylori infection in human patients...
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