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Helicobacter pylori CagA EPIYA Motif Variations Affect Metabolic Activity in B Cells.
Toxins - 24 Aug 2021
Diechler Sebastian, Chichirau Bianca E, Posselt Gernot, Sgouras Dionyssios N, Wessler Silja
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BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori (Hp) colonizes the human stomach and can induce gastric cancer and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Clinical observations suggest a role for the Hp virulence factor cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) in pathogenesis. The pathogenic activity of CagA is partly regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation of C-terminal Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala (EPIYA) motifs in host cells....
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