Erschienen in:
01.06.2014 | Review Article
H. pylori Infection, Inflammation and Gastric Cancer
verfasst von:
Qurteeba Qadri, Roohi Rasool, G. M. Gulzar, Sameer Naqash, Zafar A. Shah
Erschienen in:
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Ausgabe 2/2014
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Abstract
Introduction
A strong association between chronic infection, inflammation, and cancer has been suggested.
Discussion
Helicobacter pylori, a microaerophilic gram negative bacterium, infects about half the world’s population. It has been defined as a definitive carcinogen in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. H. pylori evades the host immune responses and persists in the stomach leading to gastritis gastric atrophy and sometimes gastric cancer.
Conclusion
Chronic H. pylori infection causes gastric cancer via two mechanisms: the presence of virulence factors and the induction of chronic inflammation which ultimately leads to neoplastic transformation.