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Glycophenotypic alterations induced by Pteridium aquilinum in mice gastric mucosa: synergistic effect with Helicobacter pylori infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Gomes Joana, Magalhães Ana, Carvalho Ana S, Hernandez Gilberto E, Papp Suzanne L, Head Steven R, Michel Valérie, David Leonor, Gärtner Fátima, Touati Eliette, Reis Celso A
Abstract excerpt
The bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum is a plant known to be carcinogenic to animals. Epidemiological studies have shown an association between bracken fern exposure and gastric cancer development in humans. The biological effects of exposure to this plant within the gastric carcinogenesis process are not fully understood. In the present work, effects in the gastric mucosa of mice treated with Pteridium aquilinum...
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