title: Antibody response of patients against a 120 kDa surface protein of Campylobacter pylori.
abstract: Campylobacter pylori strains were isolated and serum samples were obtained from 63 patients. Immunoblots of 52 patients sera using their own isolates as antigen showed a 120 kDa band, which was missing in the other 11 isolates and the respective sera. This band was not detected in other Campylobacter species. Effects of trypsin treatment of bacteria and absorption of sera by live organisms suggest a C. pylori-specific surface protein.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Klinikum der Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Apel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kist
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bredt
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000276:immunology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins