Helicobacter pylori vacA transcription is genetically-determined and stratifies the level of human gastric inflammation and atrophy
(2016)
Journal Article
Sinnett, C. G., Letley, D. P., Narayana, G. L., Patel, S. R., Hussein, N. R., Zaitoun, A. M., Robinson, K., & Atherton, J. C. (2016). Helicobacter pylori vacA transcription is genetically-determined and stratifies the level of human gastric inflammation and atrophy. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 69(11), 968-973. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2016-203641
Aims Helicobacter pylori infection is the major cause of peptic ulceration and gastric cancer, and an important virulence determinant is its vacuolating cytotoxin, vacA. Previously, we have described allelic variation in vacA which determines toxin a... Read More about Helicobacter pylori vacA transcription is genetically-determined and stratifies the level of human gastric inflammation and atrophy.