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Effect of host Lewis and ABO blood group antigen expression on Helicobacter pylori colonisation density and the consequent inflammatory response.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Apr 1998
Heneghan M A, Moran A P, Feeley K M, Egan E L, Goulding J, Connolly C E, McCarthy C F
Abstract excerpt
The Lewis(b) blood group antigen has been implicated as a putative receptor for Helicobacter pylori in the gastric mucosa. Furthermore, an increased prevalence of duodenal ulcer was found in non-secretors and it has been suggested that secretor status may influence bacterial colonisation density....
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