Article
Are Helicobacter pylori highly cytotoxic genotypes and cardia gastric adenocarcinoma linked? Lessons from Iran.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 12 Dec 2017
Bakhti Seyedeh Zahra, Latifi-Navid Saeid, Zahri Saber, Bakhti Fatemeh Sadat, Hajavi Naser, Yazdanbod Abbas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although the most extensive studies revealed the role of H. pylori VacA and CagA toxins in the development of gastric adenocarcinoma, the magnitude of this association and the correlations of vacA mosaicism and cagA status with cardia gastric adenocarcinoma (CGA) still remain controversial. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the linkage of H. pylori highly cytotoxic genotypes to CGA in Iranian populations...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
