| Literature DB >> 14573693 |
Barbara Orsini1, Barbara Ottanelli, Amedeo Amedei, Elisabetta Surrenti, Marco Capanni, Gianfranco Del Prete, Andrea Amorosi, Stefano Milani, Mario Milco D'Elios, Calogero Surrenti.
Abstract
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-4delta2 mRNA gastric expression was evaluated in healthy subjects and patients who did not have ulcers but were infected with Helicobacter pylori with or without the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). IL-4 mRNA was physiologically expressed by gastric epithelium and negatively influenced by H. pylori. Also, nonepithelial cells in the lamina propria of H. pylori-infected patients expressed IL-4 mRNA, whereas IL-4delta2 mRNA was found only in cag PAI-negative patients. Thus, gastric IL-4 takes part in the local immune response to H. pylori.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14573693 PMCID: PMC219570 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6664-6667.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441