Helicobacter pylori as a causative agent of Gastric Cancer

Introduction

Figure 1. Transmission electron micrograph image of Helicobacter pylori taken by Dr. Yutaka Tsutsumi, Department of Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine

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Figure 2. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained histological section of the stomach mucosa indicating colonization of H. pylori. Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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Figure 3. Induction of Cytoxin-associated gene A (CagA) gene by H. Pylori as a mechanism of cellular and DNA regulatory inhibition.

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Figure 4. Advanced Gastric Carcinoma.

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Figure 5. H. pylori virulence factors.

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Edited by Alexandra Kruse, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 238 Microbiology, 2015, Kenyon College.