Helicobacter pylori vacA transcription is genetically-determined and stratifies the level of human gastric inflammation and atrophy
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 activity and disease risk. We now aimed to quan...
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
2016
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32869/ |