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Crohn disease ATG16L1 polymorphism increases susceptibility to infection with Helicobacter pylori in humans.
Autophagy - 1 Sept 2012
Raju Deepa, Hussey Séamus, Jones Nicola L
Abstract excerpt
Autophagy plays key roles both in host defense against bacterial infection and in tumor biology. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection causes chronic gastritis and is the single most important risk factor for the development of gastric cancer in humans. Its vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) promotes gastric colonization and is associated with more severe disease. Acute exposure to VacA initially triggers host...
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