Mehdi Shakaraby
Department and Research Center of Immunology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - CagA and VacAgenotypes in peptic ulcer disease and non-ulcer dyspepsia: acase-control study
Background :The cag pathogenicity island includes a number of genes, including cytotoxin-associated protein A (cagA) and vacuolatingcytotoxin (vacA) genotypes, which are associated with bacterial virulence. Although the role of cagA and vacA in the virulence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is well-established in epidemiological studies, the relationship between the cagA and vacA genotypes ...