title: Risk for gastric lymphoma in persons with CagA+ and CagA- Helicobacter pylori infection.
abstract: Infection with Helicobacter pylori increases the risk for gastric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (GNHL). Strains that express CagA protein are thought to be particularly virulent. It was determined whether CagA+ H. pylori infection increased the risk for GNHL more than CagA infection. Thirty-two cases and 130 controls previously tested for H. pylori antibodies were tested for CagA antibodies by ELISA. The risk for GNHL was compared among CagA+, CagA-, and uninfected persons by use of conditional logistic regression. CagA+ subjects had 8.2 times the risk for GNHL than uninfected persons (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.5-26.7). CagA- subjects had 4.4 times the risk for GNHL than uninfected persons (95% CI, 1.2-16.5). Among infected subjects only, CagA+ infection was not associated with significantly increased risk for GNHL when compared with CagA- infection (odds ratio, 2.1; 95% CI, 0.8-5.4). This study does not support a major role for CagA in lymphomagenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5092, USA.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Witherell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jellum
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Orentreich
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Vogelman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parsonnet
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012306:Risk; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C080866:cagA protein, Helicobacter pylori