Helicobacter pylori causes persistent inflammation in the human stomach, yet only a minority of persons harbouring this organism develop peptic ulcer disease or gastric malignancy. An …
KM Ottemann, AC Lowenthal - Infection and immunity, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Helicobacter pylori has been shown to require flagella for infection of the stomach. To analyze whether flagella themselves or motility is needed by these pathogens, we …
K Lau, V Thon, H Yu, L Ding, Y Chen… - Chemical …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Two bacterial β1–4-galactosyltransferases, NmLgtB and Hp1–4GalT, exhibit promiscuous and complementary acceptor substrate specificity. They have been used in an efficient one …
Helicobacter pylori is a prevalent bacterial, gastroduodenal pathogen of humans that can express Lewis (Le) and related antigens in the O-chains of its surface lipopolysaccharide …
G Wang, Z Ge, DA Rasko, DE Taylor - Molecular microbiology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of most Helicobacter pylori strains contain complex carbohydrates known as Lewis antigens that are structurally related to the human blood …
H Li, T Liao, AW Debowski, H Tang, HO Nilsson… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers the current knowledge and gaps in Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure and biosynthesis. H. pylori is a Gram‐negative bacterium …
BJ Appelmelk, MA Monteiro, SL Martin, AP Moran… - Trends in …, 2000 - cell.com
In mimicry with human gastric epithelial cells, the lipopolysaccharide of Helicobacter pylori expresses Lewis blood group antigens. Recent data suggest that molecular mimicry does …
Helicobacter pylori causes gastritis and some infections result in peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma or gastric lymphoma. A critical step in the pathogenesis of these diseases …
H de Jong, MMSM Wösten, T Wennekes - Glycobiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
All bacteria display surface-exposed glycans that can play an important role in their interaction with the host and in select cases mimic the glycans found on host cells, an event …