Variations in Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated genes and their influence in progression to gastric cancer: implications for prevention.

Variations in Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated genes and their influence in progression to gastric cancer: implications for prevention.

Helicobacter pylori (HP) is a bacterium that colonizes the human stomach and can establish a long-term infection of the gastric mucosa. Persistent Hp infection often induces gastritis and is associated with the development of peptic ulcer disease, atrophic gastritis, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Viru...

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Main Authors: Cosmeri Rizzato, Javier Torres, Martyn Plummer, Nubia Muñoz, Silvia Franceschi, Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce, Ezequiel M Fuentes-Pananá, Federico Canzian, Ikuko Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3250449?pdf=render

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