Isocitrate dehydrogenase of Helicobacter pylori potentially induces humoral immune response in subjects with peptic ulcer disease and gastritis.

BACKGROUND: H. pylori causes gastritis and peptic ulcers and is a risk factor for the development of gastric carcinoma. Many of the proteins such as urease, porins, flagellins and toxins such as lipo-polysaccharides have been identified as potential virulence factors which induce proinflammatory rea...

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Main Authors: M Abid Hussain, Shaik A Naveed, Leonardo A Sechi, Sarita Ranjan, Ayesha Alvi, Irshad Ahmed, Akash Ranjan, Sangita Mukhopadhyay, Niyaz Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2195454?pdf=render