strain differences influence host responses
Patients with chronic gastritis produced by Helicobacter pylori are at risk of duodenal and gastric ulceration and gastric cancer. The majority of H. pylori-colonized individuals remain asymptomatic, however, and the mechanism of this resistance is not fully understood. A study published in the March issue of Journal of Clinical Investigation shows that genetic differences between strains of Helicobacter pylori influence host inflammatory responses (J Clin Invest 2001, 107:611-620). Dawn Israel
Mar 18, 2001
Patients with chronic gastritis produced by
Dawn Israel and colleagues examined in a gerbil model the ability of duodenal and gastric ulcer strains of