Article
Helicobacter pylori Pathogenicity Factors Related to Gastric Cancer.
Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jan 2017
Dadashzadeh Kianoosh, Peppelenbosch Maikel P, Adamu Akyala Ishaku
Abstract excerpt
Background: Although the causal relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and the development of gastric cancer is firmly established, the exact nature of the pathogenicity factors of H. pylori that predispose to gastric oncogenesis remains incompletely characterized. We investigated the association between H. pylori virulence genotypes and disease in a well-characterized cohort consisting of 109 H....
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Bacterial Proteins
- Biopsy
- Female
- Gastritis
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Helicobacter Infections
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Peptic Ulcer
- Stomach
- Stomach Neoplasms
- Virulence
