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SUBMITTER: Nguyen LT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3137892 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 20100407 6
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between clinical outcome and the intactness of cagPAI in Helicobacter pylori strains from Vietnam. The presence or absence of 30 cagPAI genes was investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and dot-blotting. H. pylori-induced interleukin-8 secretion and hummingbird phenotype, and H. pylori adhesion to gastric epithelial cells were examined. The serum concentration of pepsinogen 1, pepsinogen 2, and gastrin was also measured in all ...[more]