title: IgG subclass response to Helicobacter pylori and CagA antigens in children.
abstract: Specific serum IgG subclass antibodies against Helicobacter pylori antigens and recombinant CagA were analysed in 75 symptomatic children with histologically confirmed H. pylori infection. H. pylori stimulated an IgG1 predominant response, and IgG3 titres showed a positive association with peptic ulcer disease, chronicity of antral inflammation and density of H. pylori colonization. Two methods used for assessing serum IgG CagA antibody status, i.e. Western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), were concordant. CagA stimulated an IgG1 and IgG3 predominant humoral response. Total CagA IgG titres were higher in children with active and more severe chronic antral inflammation. These findings suggest that in children the systemic humoral immune response to H. pylori infection may reflect gastroduodenal pathology.
authors: Molecular Medicine Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Dzierzanowska-Fangrat
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Raeiszadeh
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Dzierzanowska
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gladkowska-Dura
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Celinska-Cedro
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005756:Gastritis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; C080866:cagA protein, Helicobacter pylori