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ArticleDigestive diseases and sciences2010

Effects of Helicobacter pylori infection on the expressions of Bax and Bcl-2 in patients with chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.

Waldemar Bartchewsky, Mariana R Martini, Aline C Squassoni, Marisa C Alvarez, Marcelo S P Ladeira, Daisy M F Salvatore, Miriam A Trevisan, José Pedrazzoli, Marcelo L Ribeiro

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Article in Digestive diseases and sciences, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Waldemar BartchewskyUnidade Integrada de Farmacologia e Gastroenterologia, Universidade São Francisco, Av. São Francisco de Assis, 218. Jd. São José, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil.
Mariana R Martini
Aline C Squassoni
Marisa C Alvarez
Marcelo S P Ladeira
Daisy M F Salvatore
Miriam A Trevisan
José Pedrazzoli
Marcelo L Ribeiro
Unidade Integrada de Farmacologia e Gastroenterologia · BRUniversidade São Francisco · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRMulti Vegetal Fitocosméticos (Brazil) · BR

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Abstract

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the influence of Helicobacter pylori on Bax and Bcl-2 mRNA and protein levels in patients with chronic gastritis and gastric cancer. The study included 217 patients, of which 26 were uninfected; 127 had chronic gastritis and were H. pylori-positive, and 64 had gastric cancer. Bacterial genotypes were evaluated by PCR, and the expression values were determined by quantitative real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry. Our data showed that the up-regulationary effects of H. pylori infection on the pro-apoptotic gene, Bax, were stronger than its induction of Bcl-2; this effect may increase apoptosis in patients with chronic gastritis. In patients with gastric cancer, the up-regulation of the anti-apoptotic gene, Bcl-2, counteracted the pro-apoptotic effects of Bax, leading to a deregulation of apoptosis-associated gene expression, favoring cell proliferation. Thus, the disturbance in Bax and Bcl-2 balance, induced by H. pylori, might be important in gastric cancer development.

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Helicobacter pyloriAdultAgedAged, 80 and overApoptosisbcl-2-Associated X ProteinChronic DiseaseFemaleGastric MucosaGastritisHelicobacter InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Stomach Neoplasmsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2

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PMID19160045
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