Helicobacter pylori

Scientists at Tor Vergata University detail research in helicobacter pylori

Published in Blood Weekly, December 27th, 2007

According to recent research from Rome, Italy, "Colonization of stomach by H pylori is followed by a marked infiltration of the mucosa with polymorphonuclear leukocytes, macrophages, and lymphocytes that very often remains asymptomatic, but in some circumstances can lead to the development of gastroduodenal ulceration, gastric carcinoma, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma."

"The molecular mechanisms by which H pylori triggers and maintains the local immune response are complex, but there is evidence that cytokines produced by both immune and non-immune cells contribute to amplify the ongoing inflammation. H pylori infection is associated with a marked...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2007-12-27)

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