Living dangerously:: How Helicobacter pylori survives in the human stomach

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Montecucco, C
Rappuoli, R
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[1] Univ Padua, Ctr CNR Biomembrane, I-35121 Padua, Italy
[2] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Sci Biomed, I-35121 Padua, Italy
[3] Chiron SpA, Ctr Ric IRIS, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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10.1038/35073084
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Helicobacter pylori was already present in the stomach of primitive humans as they left Africa and spread through the world. Today, it still chronically infects more than 50% of the human population, causing, in some cases, severe diseases such as peptic ulcers and stomach cancer. To succeed in these long-term associations, H. pylori has developed a unique set of virulence factors, which allow survival in a unique and hostile ecological niche - the human stomach.
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