Remodeling the Host Environment: Modulation of the Gastric Epithelium by the Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA)
Virulence mechanisms underlying Helicobacter pylori persistence and disease remain poorly understood, in part, because disease risk is multifactorial and complex. Among the bacterial factors that contribute to the cumulative pathophysiology associated with H. pylori infections, the vacuolating cytot...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00037/full |