Helicobacter pylori cagPathogenicity Island Is Associated with Reduced Expression of Interleukin-4 (IL-4) mRNA and Modulation of the IL-4δ2 mRNA Isoform in Human Gastric Mucosa
Open Access
- 1 November 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 71 (11), 6664-6667
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.71.11.6664-6667.2003
Abstract
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-4δ2 mRNA gastric expression was evaluated in healthy subjects and patients who did not have ulcers but were infected with Helicobacter pylori with or without the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). IL-4 mRNA was physiologically expressed by gastric epithelium and negatively influenced by H. pylori. Also, nonepithelial cells in the lamina propria of H. pylori-infected patients expressed IL-4 mRNA, whereas IL-4δ2 mRNA was found only in cag PAI-negative patients. Thus, gastric IL-4 takes part in the local immune response to H. pylori.Keywords
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