Helicobacter-induced gastric inflammation alters the properties of gastric tissue stem/progenitor cells

Abstract Background Although Helicobacter-induced gastric inflammation is the major predisposing factor for gastric carcinogenesis, the precise mechanism by which chronic gastritis causes gastric cancer remains unclear. Intestinal and spasmolytic polypeptide-expressing metaplasia (SPEM) is considere...

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Main Authors: Wataru Shibata, Soichiro Sue, Sachiko Tsumura, Yasuaki Ishii, Takeshi Sato, Eri Kameta, Makoto Sugimori, Hiroaki Yamada, Hiroaki Kaneko, Tomohiko Sasaki, Tomohiro Ishii, Toshihide Tamura, Masaaki Kondo, Shin Maeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-017-0706-6