Helicobacter pylori Research From Bench to Bedside / edited by Steffen Backert, Yoshio Yamaoka.

This book provides the current updated knowledge on all essential aspects in the rapidly evolving area of Helicobacter pylori research. H. pylori is a class I carcinogen and one of the most common infections in the world. While most people colonized by H. pylori will remain asymptomatic, up to 20 %...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Backert, Steffen (Editor), Yamaoka, Yoshio (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • PART 1 BACTERIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
  • 1 Helicobacter pylori: genetics, recombination, population structure and human migrations
  • 2 Adaptation of Helicobacter pylori metabolism to persistent gastric colonization
  • 3 Virulence mechanisms of Helicobacter pylori: an overview
  • 4 Roles of the cagPAI and CagA on gastroduodenal diseases
  • 5 Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin
  • 6 Roles of the BabA and the SabA adhesins in gastroduodenal diseases
  • 7 Emerging novel virulence factors of Helicobacter pylori
  • 8 The primary transcriptome and non-coding RNA repertoire of Helicobacter pylori
  • 9 Genome evolution: Helicobacter pylori as an extreme model
  • 10 Non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter infections in humans and animals
  • PART 2 IMMUNE RESPONSES AND HOST FACTORS
  • 11 Animal Models of Helicobacter pylori Infection
  • 12 Helicobacter pylori and the host immune response
  • 13 The role of inflammatory responses in mouse gastric tumorigenesis
  • 14 Influence of host gene polymorphisms on development of gastroduodenal diseases
  • PART 3 HELICOBACTER PYLORI-ASSOCIATED DISEASES
  • 15 Helicobacter pylori and Nonmalignant Diseases
  • 16 Helicobacter pylori and gastrointestinal polyps
  • 17 Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer
  • 18 Helicobacter pylori infection and MALT lymphoma
  • 19 Helicobacter pylori infection in children
  • PART 4 TREATMENT OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI
  • 20 Helicobacter pylori therapy
  • 21 Management of H. pylori infection in Europe
  • 22 Population-based strategies for Helicobacter pylori-associated disease management: Latin American perspective
  • 23 Population-based strategies for Helicobacter pylori-associated disease management: Asian perspective
  • 24 Probiotics as an alternative therapy for Helicobacter pylori-associated diseases
  • 25 Vaccination against Helicobacter pylori infection.