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Vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) - A multi-talented pore-forming toxin from Helicobacter pylori.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology - 1 Aug 2016
Junaid Muhammad, Linn Aung Khine, Javadi Mohammad Bagher, Al-Gubare Sarbast, Ali Niaz, Katzenmeier Gerd
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Helicobacter pylori is associated with severe and chronic diseases of the stomach and duodenum such as peptic ulcer, non-cardial adenocarcinoma and gastric lymphoma, making Helicobacter pylori the only bacterial pathogen which is known to cause cancer. The worldwide rate of incidence for these diseases is extremely high and it is estimated that about half of the world's population is infected with H. pylori....
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