The role of microRNAs in Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis and gastric carcinogenesis

Gastric carcinogenesis is a multistep process orchestrated by aberrancies in the genetic and epigenetic regulation of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori is the strongest known risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. H. pylori expresses a spect...

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Main Authors: Jennifer M. Noto, Richard M. Peek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2011.00021/full