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SUBMITTER: Jones KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3020468 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Kathleen R KR Jang Sungil S Chang Jennifer Y JY Kim Jinmoon J Chung In-Sik IS Olsen Cara H CH Merrell D Scott DS Cha Jeong-Heon JH
Journal of clinical microbiology 20101117 1
Helicobacter pylori is the etiological agent of diseases such as gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and two types of gastric cancers. While some insight has been gained into the etiology of these diverse manifestations, by and large, the reason that some individuals develop more severe disease remains elusive. Recent studies have focused on the roles of H. pylori toxins CagA and VacA on the disease process and have suggested that both toxins are intimately involved. Moreover, CagA and VacA ...[more]