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ReviewGut microbes

Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress: the smoking gun for Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric cancer?

Dana M Hardbower, Thibaut de Sablet, Rupesh Chaturvedi, Keith T Wilson

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Review in Gut microbes. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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80citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Differential target of oxidative damage inFrontiers in medicine · 2025
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20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dana M HardbowerDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA.
Thibaut de SabletDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA.
Rupesh ChaturvediDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA.
Keith T WilsonDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Department of Medicine; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA; Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; Nashville, TN USA; Department of Cancer Biology; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN USA.
Nashville Oncology Associates · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · USVA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System · US

Funding

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CTSA FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCHUL1RR024975 · NCRR · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2007 to 2011
$45.7M
Translational Analysis CoreP30DK058404 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 2002 to 2026
$29.9M
Role of Iron and B-Catenin Activation in Gastric CarcinogenesisP01CA116087 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 2009 to 2026
$27.5M
Project 3 - Molecular Signatures of Gastric Carcinogenesis in the Host Response to H. pyloriP01CA028842 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI WILSON, KEITH T. · 1985 to 2019
$15.8M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN CELLULAR, BIOCHEMICAL, &MOLECULAR ST32GM008554 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI PATTON, JAMES G. · 1995 to 2020
$7.4M
Immunomodulatory effects of arginine supplementation in colitis and colon cancerR01AT004821 · NCCIH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI WILSON, KEITH T. · 2008 to 2017
$4.0M
HPYLORI INDUCED DNA DAMAGE AND IMMUNE DYSREGULATIONR01DK053620 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI WILSON, KEITH T. · 1997 to 2014
$3.4M
Curcumin and chemoprevention of H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesisK01AT007324 · NCCIH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CHATURVEDI, RUPESH · 2012 to 2013
$248k
Arginine Availability and Metabolism in the Immune Evasion of H. pyloriI01BX001453 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI WILSON, KEITH T. · 2012 to 2019
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BLRD VA I01 BX001453NCCIH NIH HHS K01 AT007324NCCIH NIH HHS K01AT007324NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT004821NCCIH NIH HHS R01AT004821NCI NIH HHS P01 CA028842NCI NIH HHS P01CA028842NCI NIH HHS P01 CA116087NCI NIH HHS P01CA116087NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024975NCRR NIH HHS UL1RR024975NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK058404NIDDK NIH HHS P30DK058404NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK053620NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK053620NIGMS NIH HHS 5T32GM008554NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is the leading risk factor associated with gastric carcinogenesis. H. pylori leads to chronic inflammation because of the failure of the host to eradicate the infection. Chronic inflammation leads to oxidative stress, deriving from immune cells and from within gastric epithelial cells. This is a main contributor to DNA damage, apoptosis and neoplastic transformation. Both pathogen and host factors directly contribute to oxidative stress, including H. pylori virulence factors, and pathways involving DNA damage and repair, polyamine synthesis and metabolism, and oxidative stress response. Our laboratory has recently uncovered a mechanism by which polyamine oxidation by spermine oxidase causes H 2O 2 release, DNA damage and apoptosis. Our studies indicate novel targets for therapeutic intervention and risk assessment in H. pylori-induced gastric cancer. More studies addressing the many potential contributors to oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, and gastric carcinogenesis are essential for development of therapeutics and identification of gastric cancer biomarkers.

Indexed as

Oxidative StressApoptosisCell Transformation, NeoplasticChronic DiseaseDNA DamageEpithelial CellsHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansHydrogen PeroxideInflammationOxidation-ReductionOxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group DonorsPolyamine OxidaseStomach NeoplasmsHydrogen PeroxideOxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group DonorsPolyamine Oxidase8-oxoguanosineDNA damagegastric carcinogenesisHelicobacter pylorioxidative stressspermine oxidasestomach

Identifiers

PMID23811829
PMCPMC3928159
OpenAlexW1991008356

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