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Cancer-associated SNPs in bacteria: lessons from Helicobacter pylori.
Trends in microbiology - 1 Sept 2024
Linz Bodo, Sticht Heinrich, Tegtmeyer Nicole, Backert Steffen
Abstract excerpt
Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in human chromosomes are known to predispose to cancer. However, cancer-associated SNPs in bacterial pathogens were unknown until discovered in the stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Those include an alanine-threonine polymorphism in the EPIYA-B phosphorylation motif of the injected effector protein CagA that affects cancer risk by modifying inflammatory responses...
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