TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of Helicobacter pylori virulence factors in interleukin production by monocytic cells
AU - De Jonge, Ramon
AU - Kusters, Johannes G.
AU - Timmer, Marieke S.
AU - Gimmel, Verena
AU - Appelmelk, Ben J.
AU - Bereswill, Stefan
AU - Van Vliet, Arnoud H.M.
AU - Meuwissen, Stefan G.M.
AU - Kist, Manfred
AU - Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M.J.E.
AU - Kuipers, Ernst J.
PY - 2001/3/15
Y1 - 2001/3/15
N2 - Helicobacter pylori infection results in chronic gastritis, which is initiated by the release of cytokines like interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-8 from mononuclear cells, and IL-8 from gastric epithelial cells. The severity of gastritis is influenced both by host factors and by bacterial factors such as the Cag proteins and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA. Amounts of IL-12 and IL-8 produced by monocytic THP-1 cells differed considerably between the eight H. pylori isolates tested, but in contrast to H. pylori-induced IL-8 production by gastric epithelial cells, did not correlate to the Cag and VacA types of the strains. Apparently, in addition to Cag and VacA, other bacterial factors determine the extent in which H. pylori induced IL production in monocytes.
AB - Helicobacter pylori infection results in chronic gastritis, which is initiated by the release of cytokines like interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-8 from mononuclear cells, and IL-8 from gastric epithelial cells. The severity of gastritis is influenced both by host factors and by bacterial factors such as the Cag proteins and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA. Amounts of IL-12 and IL-8 produced by monocytic THP-1 cells differed considerably between the eight H. pylori isolates tested, but in contrast to H. pylori-induced IL-8 production by gastric epithelial cells, did not correlate to the Cag and VacA types of the strains. Apparently, in addition to Cag and VacA, other bacterial factors determine the extent in which H. pylori induced IL production in monocytes.
KW - Cag pathogenicity island
KW - Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis
KW - Interleukin-12 production
KW - T-helper 1 response
KW - Vacuolating cytotoxin VacA
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U2 - 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00074-X
DO - 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00074-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 11267785
AN - SCOPUS:0035868620
SN - 0378-1097
VL - 196
SP - 235
EP - 238
JO - FEMS Microbiology Letters
JF - FEMS Microbiology Letters
IS - 2
ER -