Effects of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin on primary cultures of human gastric epithelial cells.

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BACKGROUND: Many Helicobacter pylori strains produce a cytotoxin that induces cytoplasmic vacuolation in various types of eukaryotic cells. In contrast with the marked cell vacuolation that occurs in vitro in response to this cytotoxin, comparatively little epithelial vacuolation has been observed in the gastric mucosa of H pylori infected persons. AIMS: Experiments were performed to determine the susceptibility...

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