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ReviewGastrointestinal tumors2014

An Update on Helicobacter pylori as the Cause of Gastric Cancer.

Wei Zhang, Hong Lu, David Y Graham

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In one paragraph

Review in Gastrointestinal tumors, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Rhein Exhibits Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Chronic Atrophic Gastritis via Nrf2 and MAPK Signaling.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2023
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  8. Frontiers in oncology · 2020
    Article
  9. Suicide journey of H. pylori through gastric carcinogenesis: the role of non-H. pylori microbiome and potential consequences for clinical practice.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
    Review
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  15. Helicobacter pylori as an oncogenic pathogen, revisited.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2017
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei ZhangDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China.
Hong LuDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China.
David Y GrahamDepartment of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex., USA.
Renji Hospital · CNBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Tissue Analysis & Molecular Imaging CoreP30DK056338 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI James Versalovic · 2001 to 2026
$28.3M
REGULATION OF CXC CHEMOKINE EXPRESSION BY H. PYLORIR01DK062813 · NIDDK · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI YAMAOKA, YOSHIO · 2004 to 2013
$3.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056338NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK062813
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The vast majority of gastric cancers are inflammation-related cancers caused by infection with Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori-induced oxidative stress damages DNA, resulting in genetic instability. In addition, H. pylori itself can cause DNA damage and epigenetic changes that trigger genetic instability and neoplastic transformation. SUMMARY: H. pylori strain-specific components act in combination with host factors and environmental and dietary factors to greatly enhance the inflammatory response and thus the cancer risk. Variations in several key factors, such as the cag pathogenicity island and the VacA protein, can trigger a greater inflammatory response in host cells. Genetic polymorphisms in the host such as in the IL-1β gene, and chromosomes 9p21.3 and 10q23 also play a contributing role. Finally, diet is a major external factor that modulates the risk of gastric cancer. KEY MESSAGE: The majority of gastric cancers are inflammation-related cancers caused by infection with H. pylori. Eradication of H. pylori is important for the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: H. pylori eradication results in healing of gastritis and prevention of further H. pylori-induced genetic damage. Eradication of H. pylori prior to development of atrophic gastritis can prevent the development of gastric cancer. Japan has undertaken a nationwide program to identify and eliminate H. pylori, along with surveillance for those who underwent H. pylori eradication too late to eliminate cancer risk. Population-wide eradication of H. pylori will result in gastric cancer becoming a vanishingly rare disease.

Indexed as

Gastric cancerHelicobacter pyloriPathogenesisVirulence factors

Identifiers

PMID26672968
PMCPMC4645582
OpenAlexW1986928496

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