ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014
Helicobacter pylori: a chameleon-like approach to life.
Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of the relationship of Helicobacter pylori infection with geographical latitude, average annual temperature and average daily sunshine.BMC gastroenterology · 2018Pooled it
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- On the Role of Food in the Transmission ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Study of the relationships among known virulence genes, coccoid transformation and cytotoxicity ofVirulence · 2024Article
- [Construction and characterization of aNan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2024Article
- A review for non-antibiotic treatment ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
- Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles induce astrocyte reactivity through nuclear factor-κappa B activation and cause neuronal damage in vivo in a murine model.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2023Article
- Helicobacter pylori: an up-to-date overview on the virulence and pathogenesis mechanisms.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022Review
- Immunometabolism in biofilm infection: lessons from cancer.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2022Review
- Identification of B-Cell Epitopes of HspA fromVaccines · 2021Article
- Temperatures Outside the Optimal Range forBiology · 2021Article
- Searching for New Tools to Counteract theAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- A peptide of a type I toxin-antitoxin system inducesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Pistacia vera L. oleoresin and levofloxacin is a synergistic combination against resistant Helicobacter pylori strains.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- In Vitro Activity of 3-Bromopyruvate, an Anticancer Compound, Against Antibiotic-Susceptible and Antibiotic-ResistantCancers · 2019Article
- Potential Role of Biofilm Formation in the Development of Digestive Tract Cancer With Special Reference toFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Review
- Chemorepulsion from the Quorum Signal Autoinducer-2 Promotes Helicobacter pylori Biofilm Dispersal.mBio · 2015Article
- Structure of Csd3 from Helicobacter pylori, a cell shape-determining metallopeptidase.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography · 2015Article
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Abstract
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is widely adaptable for colonization in human stomachs in more than half of the world's population. The microorganism is characterized by an unusual capability of arranging itself in both genotypic and phenotypic ways. Stressing conditions, including antimicrobial agents in sub-inhibitory concentrations, facilitate entering the viable but nonculturable state in which bacterial cells acquire the coccoid form. This morphotype represents an important strategy for bacterial survival in unsuitable conditions and also allows escape from the immune system. H. pylori is capable of forming biofilm outside and inside the host. For the bacterial population, the sessile growth mode represents an ideal environment for gene rearrangement, as it allows the acquiring of important tools aimed to improve bacterial "fitness" and species preservation. Biofilm formation in H. pylori in the human host also leads to recalcitrance to antibiotic treatment, thus hampering eradication. These lifestyle changes of H. pylori allow for a "safe haven" for its survival and persistence according to different ecological niches, and strongly emphasize the need for careful H. pylori surveillance to improve management of the infection.
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