Search for dissertations about: "VacA"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word VacA.
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1. On lipid peroxidation processes in biological membranes, and their significance in oxidative cellular damage
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2. Neutrophil recruitment in H. pylori induced inflammation: characterization of regulatory factors
Abstract : Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium colonizing the human gastric mucosa, is strongly associatedwith the development of gastric and duodenal ulcers, as well as gastric, adenocarcinoma.Virtually all infected individuals develop active chronic gastritis characterized by a continousinfiltration of neutrophils as well as mononuclear cells. READ MORE
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3. Helicobacter pylori bacterial diversity and human disease : microbiological and epidemiological studies with special reference to gastric cancer
Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to explore if the coccoid form of H. pylori is a degenerative, dead form of the bacteria. We also wanted to study if multiple strain infections of H. pylori existed in Swedish subjects, if the strain variations were connected to certain disease groups, and if specific protein markers could be found in H. READ MORE
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4. Helicobacter pylori cell surface interactions with glycosaminoglycans. Identification and characterisation of proteins binding to heparin/heparan sulphate
Abstract : Helicobacter pylori is a gastric pathogen which cause chronic type B gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. H. pylori produces virulence factors such as urease, vacuolating cytotoxin VacA, cag pathogenicity island-associated proteins, flagella and adhesins. READ MORE
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5. Gastric and enteric Helicobacter species in animal models and in the human colon
Abstract : The Gram-negative genus of Helicobacter consists of many bacterial species that colonize a wide range of animal hosts. The genus can be divided into gastric species that colonize the stomach, and enteric species that preferentially colonize the colon and biliary tree of various animal hosts. READ MORE