Cytotoxic T Cells in H. pylori-Related Gastric Autoimmunity and Gastric Lymphoma

Helicobacter pylori infection is the major cause of gastroduodenal pathologies, but only a minority of infected patients develop gastric B-cell lymphoma, gastric autoimmunity, or other life threatening diseases, as gastric cancer or peptic ulcer. The type of host immune response against H. pylori, p...

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Main Authors: Mathijs P. Bergman, Mario M. D'Elios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/104918